story

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]

Story Sto"ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster]

One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. --Ed. Rev. [1913 Webster]

The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]

2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. A euphemism or child s word for ``a lie; a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Story Sto"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n. Storying.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [1913 Webster]

How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster]

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story [st??ri?] piso
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to french

story [st??ri?] étage
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histoire
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récit, relation
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to deutch

story [st??ri?] Erzählung, Geschichte, Schwank, Stockwerk
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story of someone s life [st??ri??fs?mw?nzlaif] Lebensgeschichte
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storia
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