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Respondentia :: Respondentia (n.) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself..

Eat :: Eat (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board..

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

Loom :: Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking..

Bord :: Bord (n.) A board; a table.

Board :: Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel..

Astel :: Astel (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..

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..

Carton :: Carton (n.) Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box..

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

Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence.

Feather-edged/ :: Feather-edged/ (a.) Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..

Table :: Table (n.) An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working..

Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

Underboard :: Underboard (adv.) Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard..

Wainscot :: Wainscot (v. t.) To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall..

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