[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

story \sto"ry\, n.; pl. stories. of. estor'e, estor'ee,
   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
see also:
stories store storey story post 

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