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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor['e], estor['e]e,
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]
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Storey -- U.S. County in Nevada
Population (2000): 3399
Housing Units (2000): 1596
Land area (2000): 263.452523 sq. miles (682.338873 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.343823 sq. miles (0.890498 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 263.796346 sq. miles (683.229371 sq. km)
Located within: Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
Location: 39.386106 N, 119.611095 W
Headwords:
Storey
Storey, NV
Storey County
Storey County, NV