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noun

Story n. (pl. stories) (Written also storey) 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. 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.

Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall.

Story n.

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." "Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story." "The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story."

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.

A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. (Colloq.)

verb

Story v. t. (past & past part. storied; pres. part. 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." "It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Swieten saw through them at once; but he took care not to let them see through him. He heard their story, and putting on magisterial dignity and ...

— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade

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— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

... Listen! You've not heard that yet, have you? Rather the opposite. She was the good angel, whom you ruined... we've all been told that! Now, old Maia, what kind of story is it he prattles of? He says he was plagued with remorse for seven years because he owed ...

— The Road to Damascus - A Trilogy • August Strindberg

... its wonderful past. I have perhaps said enough to insist on its charms, and I know that all who endorse my statements will, after seeing Fountains, read with delight the books that are devoted to its story. ...

— Yorkshire Painted And Described • Gordon Home

... have but one hope,—fidelity to each other. If we persist in the same story, not a tittle can be brought home to us,—not a tittle, my good Bradley; and though our characters may be a little touched, why, what is a character? Shall we eat less, drink less, enjoy less, when we have lost it? Not a whit. No, my friend, ...

— The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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