ˈstɔ:rɪ n. (also story) (pl. -eys or -ies) 1
any of
the parts
into which a
building is divided horizontally; the
whole of the rooms etc. having a
continuous floor (a third-storey
window; a
house of
five storeys). 2 a
thing forming a
horizontal division. øø-storeyed (in comb.) (also -storied). [ME f. AL historia
HISTORY (perh. orig.
meaning a
tier of painted windows or sculpture)]