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

Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..

Embark :: Embark (v. t.) To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..

Panel :: Panel (n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..

Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..

Tabler :: Tabler (n.) One who boards others for hire.

Palette :: Palette (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments..

Ceil :: Ceil (v. t.) To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like..

Typewriter :: Typewriter (n.) An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper..

Risk :: Risk (n.) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication..

Double-ripper :: Double-ripper (n.) A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board..

Warp :: Warp (v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board..

Clapboard :: Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house..

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

Shovegroat :: Shovegroat (n.) The same as Shovelboard.

Board :: Board (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession..

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