Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain.
Sir W. Scott.
||Stor"thing (?), n. [Norw. storting; stor great + ting court, court of
||justice; cf. Dan. ting, thing.] The Parliament of Norway, chosen by
||indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions.
Stor"ven (?), obs. p. p. of Starve. Chaucer.
Sto"ry (?), n.; pl. Stories (#). [OF. estoré, estorée, 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.]
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.
Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or
superincumbent wall.
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.
One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story.
Barrow.
Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story.
Ed. Rev.
The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story.
Sir W. Temple.
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.
3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
[Colloq.]
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.
How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than
story him in his own hearing.
Shak.
It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy
cubits high.
Bp. Wilkins.
Sto"ry*book` (?), n. A book containing stories, or short narratives,
either true or false.
Sto"ry-tell`er (?), n. 1. One who tells stories; a narrator of
anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story- teller.