Definition of board

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Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way..

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Stowboard :: Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage..
Entrain :: Entrain (v. t.) To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment..
Pasteboard :: Pasteboard (n.) A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc..
Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his fee.
Colter :: Colter (n.) A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard..
Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..
Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Sea Boy :: Sea boy () A boy employed on shipboard.
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..
Astarboard :: Astarboard (adv.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
Key :: Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.
Morris :: Morris (n.) An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played..
Booth :: Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation..
Outboard :: Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Shipmate :: Shipmate (n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove..
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