1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in
the room are supported.
2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally
into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
4. A story of a building. See Story.
5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak.
[U.S.]
Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore
body. Raymond.
Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering
floors; oilcloth. — Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing
them in position. — Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. — Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding)
A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section,
showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings
at the level of any floor of a house.
Floor
(Floor), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]
1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or
retort; as, to floor an opponent.
Floored or crushed by him.
Coleridge. 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]
I've floored my little-go work.
T. Hughes. Floorage
(Floor"age) n. Floor space.
Floorer
(Floor"er) n. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive
answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [Colloq.]
Floorheads
(Floor"heads`), n. pl. (Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.
Flooring
(Floor"ing), n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. Addison.
2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
Floorless
(Floor"less), a. Having no floor.
Floorwalker
(Floor"walk`er) n. One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.
[U.S.]
Flop
(Flop) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.]
