BASEMENT  , the See also:

• TERM

term applied to the lowest See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey of any See also:

• BUILDING

building placed wholly or partly below the level of the ground . It is incorrectly applied to the ground storey of any building, even when, as for instance in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, See also:

• LONDON

London, the ground See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor is of See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain or rusticated See also:

• MASONRY

masonry, and the upper storey which it supports is divided up and decorated with columns or pilasters .