(a) A story of a building, floor; also fig.; also, the highest level of a building, usu. a turret or parapet; ?also, the ground floor or ground [quot. c1384, 1st]; (b) a level of a siege tower; ?also, a siege tower [quot. 1440]; over ~, the highest level of a siege tower; (c) a deck of a ship; also in rime with weakened semantic content [last quot.]; (d) a partition in a piece of furniture, esp. a shelf; the compartment made by partitioning a piece of furniture; also, a room formed by partitioning a larger area [last quot.]; (e) a crossbar dividing a window horizontally, a transom; also, a section, open or closed, of a window so divided; windoue ~; (f) ~ timber, ?wood for flooring.

(a) A raised platform used for public display, a stage; a base for a statue; also, the platform beneath a gallows; also, a public exhibition [quot. a1400]; (b) a raised section of a floor, a tier of an amphitheater, a raised platform in the lists, etc. intended for spectators or as a place of honor; also fig. [quot. c1450]; (c) a raised platform or base for a bed; the platform for a fortified structure carried on an elephant's back; the floor or base of a chariot; also [1st quot.], ?a bench or couch; ?a row of tables; (d) a seat, throne; -- used fig.; a seat on Fortune's wheel; imperial ~, heigh ~ of dignite; (e) the hevenli (the celestial, the heigh, hevenes) ~, heaven.

(a) A space of time; -- usu. in poetic tags consisting of adverbial phrases with weakened or no semantic content: a litel (gret) ~, in (a) litel ~, etc.; (b) a specific period of time; a time of life; terme (time) and ~, an appointed time.

(a) A step in a sequence; a point in an exposition; a stage in a journey; ~ up ~, step by step; (b) a hierarchical grade, degree; rank, status; ?also, a grade or level in school [quot. a1500(?a1400)]; (c) a state, condition; (d) a place, location; ?a specified place [quot. c1450, 2nd]; also, position in the sky [2nd quot.]; hilli ~, a mountain.