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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Storey \Sto"rey\, n.
     See {Story}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor
        or superincumbent wall.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  storey
       n : structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a
           single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the
           office on?" [syn: {floor}, {level}, {story}]

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Storey -- U.S. County in Nevada
     Population (2000):    3399
     Housing Units (2000): 1596
     Land area (2000):     263.452523 sq. miles (682.338873 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.343823 sq. miles (0.890498 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    263.796346 sq. miles (683.229371 sq. km)
     Located within:       Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
     Location:             39.386106 N, 119.611095 W
     Headwords:
      Storey
      Storey, NV
      Storey County
      Storey County, NV
  

















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