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/fərst flɔr/ Listen

adjective

First adj.

1.

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

2.

Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.

3.

Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.

At first blush. See under Blush.

At first hand, from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent. "It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself."

First coat (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat.

First day, Sunday; so called by the Friends.

First floor.

(a)

The ground floor. (U.S.)

(b)

The floor next above the ground floor. (Eng.)

First fruit or First fruits.

(a)

The fruits of the season earliest gathered.

(b)

(Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him.

(c)

(Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living.

(d)

The earliest effects or results. "See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man!"

First mate, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain.

First name, same as Christian name. See under Name, n.

First officer (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as First mate (above).

First sergeant (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant.

First watch (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.

First water, the highest quality or purest luster; said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

Synonyms: Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost.

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"First floor" Quotes from Famous Books

... met at the door by Johnson, who conducted them up a step- ladder into an apartment in the first floor of the building. It was a room about sixty feet long by forty feet broad, and was apparently used as a sort of general assembly-room, being fitted up with rows of benches from the door right up to a platform at ...

— The Pirate Island - A Story of the South Pacific • Harry Collingwood

... in May. You are fortunate enough not to know Suakin, Miss Eustace, particularly in May. No white woman can live in that town. It has a sodden intolerable heat peculiar to itself. The air is heavy with brine; you can't sleep at night for its oppression. Well, I was sitting in the verandah on the first floor of the palace about ten o'clock at night, looking out over the harbour and the distillation works, and wondering whether it was worth while to go to bed at all, when a servant told me that a man, who refused to give his name, wished particularly to see me. The man was ...

— The Four Feathers • A. E. W. Mason

... Branching off from it are many narrow streets crowded with shops on both sides. Here may be seen the real life of Old Cairo, unhampered by any foreign innovations. The street is not more than twelve feet wide and above the first floor of the houses projecting latticed windows and open balconies reduce this width to three or four feet. Looking up one sees only a narrow slit of blue sky, against which are outlined several tiers of latticed windows. From these the harem women look down upon the street life in which they ...

— The Critic in the Orient • George Hamlin Fitch

... in Lingfield Terrace, on the north side of the Regent's Park, so that my drawing-room, on the first floor, has a southern aspect. It has been warm and sunny for the past few days, and the elms and plane-trees across the road are beginning to riot in their green bravery, as if intoxicated with the golden wine of spring. My French window is flung wide open, and on the balcony a triangular ...

— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... Lutie Tresslyn and Anne Thorpe entered the elevator on the first floor of the building and went up together to the apartment of Simeon Dodge. Anne had lifted her veil,—a feature in her smart tribute to convention,—and her lovely features were revealed to the cast-off sister- ...

— From the Housetops • George Barr McCutcheon

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