(n.) The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we
stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
(n.) A story of a building. See Story.
(n.) The part of the house assigned to the members.
(n.) The right to speak.
(n.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the
keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
(n.) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit.
(n.) A horizontal, flat ore body.
(v. t.) To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to
floor a house with pine boards.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
examination.
