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

Centreboard :: Centreboard (n.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States.

Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..

Board :: Board (n.) The side of a ship.

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

Regent :: Regent (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution..

Reembarkation :: Reembarkation (n.) A putting, or going, on board a vessel again..

Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.

Register :: Register (n.) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title..

Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..

Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer..

Box :: Box (v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form..

Shoveboard :: Shoveboard (n.) Alt. of Shovegroa.

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc..

Board :: Board (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo..

Berth :: Berth (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company..

Waney :: Waney (n.) A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a..

Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..

Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..

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