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Quotation dates: 1520, 1617-1700+
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Story, Storie, n.2 Also: storry. [ME and e.m.E. story (a1400), storie (1590), AL historia, perhaps f. as Storyn.1]
1. One of the floors or levels of a building.Const. qualifier chiefly indicating a particular level. Also const. possess. with numerical qualifier and Hicht n.1 Also uninfl. pl. with Hich adj.(a) 1649 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 184.
Item in the thrid storie to worke nyne storme windowis … Item the second storie of jeastholles to be maid in all sydes all alonges and maid good againe [blank] 1653 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 326.
That their be a lanterne and candle lighted sett furth in the laichest storie of everie tenement … fra fyve hours … till the beatting of the taptow 1672 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XIV 330.
Carry [the tabling] upon the said front at the floor of the second story all alike round 1674 Edinb. B. Rec. X 200.
The wholle floorings of the haill stories of the saids foir tenements from the west to the east end thereof to be levell and all alongst 1681 Mylne Master Masons 211.
There is six rooms in the ground storie 1684 Edinb. B. Rec. XI 125.
The wholl inhabitants … in the foir streit … to pute furth a lanthorne … therin for showing of light upon the high streit … in the first storie of each tenement above the chops 1684 Thanes of Cawdor 367.
Every story to be trysted with the same levell(b) 1684-9 Glamis Bk. Record 38.
Whereas the third storry was cumsylled above, … I gested it over and gain'd rowms abovepossess. 1617 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 301.
The gentillmen logies thrie stories hight 1658 Moray Synod 123.
A new fabrick … which they … intend to advance in eight stories hight for containeing two private schooles with eight chambersuninfl. pl. 1695 Glasgow B. Rec. IV 165.
To build the saids front in sufficient houses of stonework, sclaited, and two storie high 1708 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV 468.
The said tolbuith and steeple with the pricket thereof consisting of six storry high
2. Blindstory, ‘A triforium or series of arches below the clerestory of a cathedral, admitting no light’ (OED Blind adj. 16 s.v. blind-story) c1520 Rentale Dunkeld. (SHS) 336.
[He laid the foundation of the nave of his cathedral church … and built it to the second arches or] blyndstoriis
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