·noun The right to speak.
II. Floor ·noun A horizontal, flat ore body.
III. Floor ·noun The part of the house assigned to the members.
IV. Floor ·noun A story of a building. ·see Story.
V. Floor ·noun The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
VI. Floor ·vt To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.
VII. Floor ·vt To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
VIII. Floor ·noun That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
IX. Floor ·noun The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
X. Floor ·noun The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
XI. Floor ·vt 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.
XII. Floor ·noun 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.