Stories

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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}.]
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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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