Floor

flōr, n. the part of a room on which we stand: a platform: the rooms in a house on the same level, a story: any levelled area.— v.t. to furnish with a floor: ( coll. ) to vanquish, stump.— ns. Floor′cloth , a covering for floors made of canvas oil-painted on both sides; Floor′er , a knock-down blow; a decisive retort, .: an examination question one cannot answer; Floor′ing , material for floors: a platform.— n.pl. Floor′-tim′bers , the timbers placed immediately acro a ship's keel, on which her bottom is framed.— ns. First′-floor , the floor in a house above the ground-floor—in United States mostly identical with Ground-floor , the floor of a house on a level with the ground. [A.S. flór ; Dut. vloer , a flat surface, Ger. flur , flat land; W. llawr .]