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Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

See :: See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc..

Furring :: Furring (n.) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3..

Plane :: Plane (a.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank..

Pargeboard :: Pargeboard (n.) See Bargeboard.

Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard..

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..

Shoveboard :: Shoveboard (n.) Alt. of Shovegroa.

Reembark :: Reembark (v. t. & i.) To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again..

Reship :: Reship (v. i.) To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..

Fireboard :: Fireboard (n.) A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

Goose :: Goose (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..

Seabord :: Seabord (n. & a.) See Seaboard.

Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons..

Millboard :: Millboard (n.) A kind of stout pasteboard.

Boardable :: Boardable (a.) That can be boarded, as a ship..

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