Definition of board

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Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

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Wany :: Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log..
Chart :: Chart (n.) A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart..
Wainscot :: Wainscot (n.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels..
Seabord :: Seabord (n. & a.) See Seaboard.
Garbel :: Garbel (n.) Same as Garboard.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water..
Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
Board :: Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board..
Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Board :: Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards..
Board :: Board (n.) The side of a ship.
Nosing :: Nosing (n.) That part of the treadboard of a stair which projects over the riser; hence, any like projection, as the projecting edge of a molding..
Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Millboard :: Millboard (n.) A kind of stout pasteboard.
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
Rook :: Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
Planching :: Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks..
Booth :: Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation..
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