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• upper storey — or (esp in N American) upper story noun 1. Any storey above the first floor 2. The brain (slang) • • • Main Entry: ↑up * * * upper story or upper storey, Humorous. the head as the seat of the mind or intel …   Useful english dictionary

• upper storey — /ʌpə ˈstɔri/ (say upuh stawree) noun 1. a floor in a building above the ground floor. 2. Colloquial the brain: weak in the upper storey …  

• upper story — noun 1. : a story (as of a house) that is above the ground floor 2. slang : brain a little off in the upper story Erle Stanley Gardner * * * upper storey or (esp in N American) upper story noun …   Useful english dictionary

• storey — sto|rey BrE story AmE [ˈsto:ri] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: story; perhaps because some medieval buildings had paintings on their walls telling stories] a floor or level of a building ▪ a staircase leads to the upper storey two storey/five storey …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Upper James Street (Hamilton, Ontario) — Upper James Street, is an Upper City (mountain) arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts at the Claremont Access , a mountain access road in the north, and extends southward towards the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport… …   Wikipedia

• Upper Batley — is an area of Batley in West Yorkshire, England.It was popular with the millowners of Batley in the 1800s as a place to build their family homes. There are many fine stone built villas in the area. Batley Hall, a two storey, oak and stone… …   Wikipedia

• storey / story —    Storey is the British spelling of story when this word refers to a floor of a building: The upper storeys of the building comprised apartments. The US spelling of this sense of the word is also story.    A story is a tale related in speech or… …   Confused words

• storey / story —    Storey is the British spelling of story when this word refers to a floor of a building: The upper storeys of the building comprised apartments. The US spelling of this sense of the word is also story.    A story is a tale related in speech or… …   Confused words

• Storey — Ground floor redirects here. For the bottom floor of a building with no basement, see solid ground floor. For other uses, see Storey (disambiguation). A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building that… …   Wikipedia

• Upper Mill, Eastry — Infobox Windmill name = Upper Mill, Eastry caption = The converted mill name of mill = location of mill = TR 304 545 Coord|51.243|1.300|display=inline|format=dms operator = built = 1740s purpose = Corn mill type = Smock mill storeys = Three… …   Wikipedia

• STOREY, John (1869-1921) — premier of New South Wales son of a ship builder, was born at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, in May 1869. At the age of six he was taken to Sydney where his father died soon afterwards. Storey was educated at the Adolphus street public school,… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography