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Moldboard :: Moldboard (n.) Alt. of Mouldboar.

Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

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..

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

Joint :: "Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards..

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

Digitorium :: Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

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..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc..

Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..

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..

Spherograph :: Spherograph (n.) An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection..

Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

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

Steward :: Steward (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge..

Pension :: Pension (n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc..

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

Disembark :: Disembark (v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops..

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