Flooring

Flooring
Floor Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Floored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooring}.] 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. [1913 Webster]

2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. [1913 Webster]

Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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