Definition of board

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Board (n.) The side of a ship.

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Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber..
Weighboard :: Weighboard (n.) Clay intersecting a vein.
Thin :: Thin (superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering..
Moldboard :: Moldboard (n.) Alt. of Mouldboar.
Half-pike :: Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon..
Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..
Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A float board. See Float board (below).
Flushboard :: Flushboard (n.) Same as Flashboard.
Edgeshot :: Edgeshot (a.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board..
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water..
Marine :: Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
Board :: Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem..
Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..
Tailboard :: Tailboard (n.) The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading..
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Ship :: Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war..
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