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e ceiling of a room so that they shall fall as near as possible to a certain crack in the floor. [Gamblers' Cant, U. S.]

A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

loth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written also crumcloth.]

s before each dashing prow. Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte. . 358

A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.

So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. Deal tree, a fir tree. Dr. Prior.

The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

To remove the husk from. [Obs.] "Wheat dehusked upon the floor." Drant.

state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

ater may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessel…

tates having the value of 20 dollars. -- Double entry. See under Bookkeeping. -- Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. -- Double flower. See Double, a., 4. -- Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor havin…

scending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. Shak. I sit…

Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- a.

A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.