Definition of board

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Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board..

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Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.
Shide :: Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water..
Mount :: Mount (v.) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting..
Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Embark :: Embark (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Boarding :: Boarding (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards..
Slidegroat :: Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.
Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
Shopboard :: Shopboard (n.) A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.
Reship :: Reship (v. i.) To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.
Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..
Krooman :: Krooman (n.) One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard..
Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..
Through :: Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship..
Wainscoting :: Wainscoting (n.) The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.
Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Kedge :: Kedge (n.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3..
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