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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Story \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. [1913 Webster] How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster] It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Story \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. [1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. --Ed. Rev. [1913 Webster] The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: story n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" [syn: {narrative}, {narration}, {story}, {tale}] 2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" 3: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" [syn: {floor}, {level}, {storey}, {story}] 4: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn: {history}, {account}, {chronicle}, {story}] 5: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" [syn: {report}, {news report}, {story}, {account}, {write up}] 6: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: {fib}, {story}, {tale}, {tarradiddle}, {taradiddle}]