storey

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storey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Storey \Sto"rey\, n.
     See Story.
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  Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. Stories. [OF. estor['e], estor['e]e,
     built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store.
     See Store, v. t.]
     A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the
     space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a
     building's exterior considered architecturally, which need
     not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also
     storey.]
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     Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to
           another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The
           spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below
           upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house
           of one story, of two stories, of five stories.
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     Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor
        or superincumbent wall.
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storey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  storey
      n 1: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a
           single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the
           office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]