STORYING
Verb
storying
present participle of story
Noun
storying (plural storyings)
The telling of a story or series of events.
Anagrams
• sortying, stroying
Source: Wiktionary
STORY
Sto"ry, n.; pl. Stories. Etym: [OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected,
p.p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t.]
Definition: A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the
space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's
exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond
exactly with the stories within. [Written also storey.]
Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as,
a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are
numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third
story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. Story
post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or
superincumbent wall.
Sto"ry, n. Etym: [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L.
historia. See History.]
1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description
of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow.
Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev.
The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W.
Temple.
2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a
tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel;
a short romance. Addison.
3. A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a
story. [Colloq.]
Sto"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n. Storying.]
Definition: To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story;
to narrate or describe in story.
How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story
him in his own hearing. Shak.
It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy
cubits high. Bp. Wilkins.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition