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.
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.
Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge.
3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
examination. [Colloq.]
I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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