Definition of board

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

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Starch :: Starblowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch.
Elbowboard :: Elbowboard (n.) The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest..
Seam :: Seam (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc..
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..
Headbeard :: Headbeard (n.) A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave..
Ship :: Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war..
Astarboard :: Astarboard (adv.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.
Larboard :: Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
Timber :: Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding..
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..
Embark :: Embark (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Smooth :: Smooth (a.) To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron..
Scabbard Plane :: Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard..
Aboard :: Aboard (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car..
Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
Shipmate :: Shipmate (n.) One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard..
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Astel :: Astel (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine..
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