Definition of board

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Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards..

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Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Lag :: Lag (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine..
Straw-colored :: Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth..
Lap :: Lap (n.) That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing..
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive.
Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
Disship :: Disship (v. t.) To dismiss from service on board ship.
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..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.
Boardable :: Boardable (a.) That can be boarded, as a ship..
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..
Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..
Straighted :: Straightedge (n.) A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines..
Surbased :: Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
Card :: Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard..
Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..
Knifeboard :: Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house..
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