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 (from O. Eng. See also:

• FLOR, ROGER DI

flor, a word See also:

• COMMON

common to many See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)  , generally the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

• SURFACE

surface of a See also:

• ROOM

room, but specially employed for one covered with boarding or See also:

• PARQUETRY (Fr. pargqueterie, from parquet, flooring, originally a small compartment)

parquetry . The various levels of rooms in a 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 are designated as " 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," " first-floor," " See also:

• MEZZANINE (It. mezzano; Fr. entresol; Ger. Zwischengeschoss)

mezzanine-floor," &c . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal floor is the See also:

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

storey which contains the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief apartments whether on the ground- or first-floor; in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy they are always on the latter and known as the " piano nobile." The storey below the ground-floor is called the " See also:

• BASEMENT

basement-floor," even if only a little below the level of the See also:

• PAVEMENT (Lat. pavimentu;n, a floor beaten or rammed hard, from pavire, to beat)

pavement outside; the storey in a roof is known as the " See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

attic-floor." The expressions one pair, two pair, &c., apply to the storeys above the first See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of stairs from the ground (see also See also:

• CARPENTRY

CARPENTRY) .