Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G.
flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]r floor of a
cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W.
llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]
1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which
we stand and upon which the movables in the room are
supported.
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2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper
covering, which divides a building horizontally into
stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of
floor in sense 2.
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3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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4. A story of a building. See Story.
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5. (Legislative Assemblies)
(a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
(b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has
the floor. [U.S.]
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Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
possession of the house.
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6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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7. (Mining)
(a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit.
(b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.
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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.
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Plan \Plan\, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.]
1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a
plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of
a machine, or the representation or delineation of a
horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a
graphic representation; a diagram.
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2. A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure
expressed or described in language; a project; as, the
plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.
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God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M.
R. Smith.
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3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
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The simple plan,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth.
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Body plan, Floor plan, etc. See under Body, Floor,
etc.
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Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project;
design; contrivance; device. See Scheme.
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