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A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.

s for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.

To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. It stands as it were to the ground yglued. Chaucer. The ruined wall Stands when its wind worn battlements are gone. Byron.

An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol. [U. S.]

Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.

A large building in which tobacco is stemmed. [U. S.] Bartlett.

The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.

The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse. Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto Egyptians. Gen. xli. 56. The Scripture of God is a storehouse abounding with estimable treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Hooker.

white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru. -- Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India (Leptoptilos Jav…

loor 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.]

A piece of timber used in building.

A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction. [R.] His son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. J. Dryden, Jr.

A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.

Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground. It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. Evelyn.

A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced swet.