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Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..

Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.

Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..

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..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side.

Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.

Straw-colored :: Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it..

Neck :: Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

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

Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..

Rummager :: Rummager (n.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager..

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea..

Ship :: Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war..

Weatherboarding :: Weatherboarding (n.) Boards adapted or intended for such use.

Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.

Boarder :: Boarder (n.) One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind..

Plough :: Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc..

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