5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the
members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]
Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of
the house.
6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the
keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond.
Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with
waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Floor cramp, an
implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them
in position. -- Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. --
Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship
as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing
the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages,
apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.] 1.
To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house
with pine boards.
2. 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.
Floored or crushed by him.
Coleridge.
3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.
[Colloq.]
I've floored my little-go work.
T. Hughes.
Floor"age (?; 48), n. Floor space.
Floor"er (?), n. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow
that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that
exceeds one's abilities. [Colloq.]
Floor"heads`, n. pl. (Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a
vessel.
Floor"ing, n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See
Floor, n. Addison.