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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOARD, n.
1. A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with the thickness, used for building and other purposes.
2. A table. The table of our rude ancestors was a piece of board, perhaps originally laid upon the knees. "Lauti cibum capiunt; separata singulis sedes, et sua cuique mensa."
3. Entertainment; food; diet; as, the price of board is two, five, or seven dollars a week.
4. A table at which a council or court is held; hence a council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting; as a board of directors.
5. The desk of a ship; the interior part of a ship or boat; used in the phrase, on board, aboard. In this phrase however the sense is primarily the side of the ship. To go aboard is to go over the side.
6. The side of a ship.
Now board to board, the rival vessels row.
To fall over board, that is, over the side; the mast went by the board.
Board and board, side by side.
7. The line over which a ship runs between tack and tack. To make a good board, is to sail in a straight line, when close hauled.
To make short boards, is to tack frequently.
8. A table for artificers to sit or work on.
9. A table or frame for a game; as a chess board, etc.
10. A body of men constituting a quorum in session; a court, or council; as a board of trustees; a board of officers.
BOARD, v.t. To lay or spread with boards; to cover with boards.
1. To enter a ship by force in combat, which answers to storming a city or fort on land.
2. To attack; to make the first attempt upon a man. In Spenser, to accost.
3. To place at board, for a compensation, as a lodger.
4. To furnish with food, or food and lodging, for a compensation; as, a man boards ten students.
BOARD, v.i. To receive food or diet as a lodger or without lodgings, for a compensation; as,he boards at the moderate price of two dollars a week.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
2: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank]
3: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
4: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table]
5: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: display panel, display board, board]
6: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining table, board]
7: electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel]
8: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in]
9: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: board, gameboard] v
1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: board, get on] [ant: get off]
2: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room]
3: lodge and take meals (at)
4: provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete border, edge 2. the side of a ship 3. a. a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width b. plural stage 2a(2) c. plural skis 4. a. archaic table 3a b. a table spread with a meal c. daily meals especially when furnished for pay d. a table at which a council or magistrates sit e. (1) a group of persons having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers <board of directors> <board of examiners> (2) an examination given by an examining board — often used in plural <pass the medical boards> f. league, association g. (1) the exposed hands of all the players in a stud poker game (2) an exposed dummy hand in bridge 5. a. a flat usually rectangular piece of material (as wood) designed for a special purpose: as (1) springboard 1 (2) surfboard b. backboard 1; also a rebound in basketball c. a surface, frame, or device for posting notices d. blackboard e. switchboard 6. a. cardboard b. the stiff foundation piece for the side of a book cover 7. a securities or commodities exchange 8. plural the low wooden wall enclosing a hockey rink 9. a sheet of insulating material carrying circuit elements and terminals so that it can be inserted in an electronic apparatus (as a computer) 10. bulletin board 2 • boardlike adjective II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. archaic to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack 2. accost, address 3. a. to go aboard (as a ship, train, airplane, or bus) b. to put aboard <an airliner boarding passengers> 4. to cover or seal off with boards <board up a window> <board up a house> 5. to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation 6. to check (a player) into the boards in hockey intransitive verb to receive meals or lodging; specifically to live at a boarding school

U.S. Military Dictionary

An organized group of individuals within a joint force commander's headquarters, appointed by the commander (or other authority) that meets with the purpose of gaining guidance or decision. Its responsibilities and authority are governed by the authority which established the board. (JP 3-33)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a flat thin piece of sawn timber, usu. long and narrow. b a piece of material resembling this, made from compressed fibres. c a thin slab of wood or a similar substance, often with a covering, used for any of various purposes (chessboard; ironing-board; notice-board). d thick stiff card used in bookbinding. 2 the provision of regular meals, usu. with accommodation, for payment. 3 archaic a table spread for a meal. 4 the directors of a company; any other specially constituted administrative body, e.g. a committee or group of councillors, examiners, etc. 5 (in pl.) the stage of a theatre (cf. tread the boards). 6 Naut. the side of a ship. --v. 1 tr. a go on board (a ship, train, aircraft, etc.). b force one's way on board (a ship etc.) in attack. 2 a intr. receive regular meals, or (esp. of a schoolchild) meals and lodging, for payment. b tr. (often foll. by out) arrange accommodation away from home for (esp. a child). c tr. provide (a lodger etc.) with regular meals. 3 tr. (usu. foll. by up) cover with boards; seal or close. Phrases and idioms: board-game a game played on a board. board of trade US a chamber of commerce. go by the board be neglected, omitted, or discarded. on board on or on to a ship, aircraft, oil rig, etc. take on board consider (a new idea etc.). Etymology: OE bord f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Molding Mold"ing, Moulding Mould"ing, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. Molding, or Moulding, board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. Molding, or Moulding, machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for shaping timber. Molding, or Moulding, sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Board Board, n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor? board, side of a ship, Goth. f?tu-baurd]/> footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. 2. A table to put food upon. Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell. Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. --Milton. 3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board. 4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. --Clarendon. We may judge from their letters to the board. --Porteus. 5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. 7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. 8. [In this use originally perh. a different word meaning border, margin; cf. D. boord, G. bord, shipboard, and G. borte trimming; also F. bord (fr. G.) the side of a ship. Cf. Border.] The border or side of anything. (Naut.) (a) The side of a ship. ``Now board to board the rival vessels row.'' --Dryden. See On board, below. (b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure. The American Board, a shortened form of ``The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions'' (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches). Bed and board. See under Bed. Board and board (Naut.), side by side. Board of control, six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. --Stormonth. Board rule, a figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman. Board of trade, in England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce. Board wages. (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden. By the board, over the board, or side. ``The mast went by the board.'' --Totten. Hence (Fig.), To go by the board, to suffer complete destruction or overthrow. To enter on the boards, to have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge, England.] ``Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college.'' --Hallam. To make a good board (Naut.), to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward. To make short boards, to tack frequently. On board. (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. (b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.] Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. [U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Board Board, v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. --Spectator.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Board Board, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boarding.] 1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. ``The boarded hovel.'' --Cowper. 2. [Cf. Board to accost, and see Board, n.] To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. --Totten. 3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.] 4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. 5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Board Board, v. t. [F. aborder. See Abord, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(boards, boarding, boarded) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose. ...a chopping board. N-COUNT: usu n N 2. A board is a square piece of wood or stiff cardboard that you use for playing games such as chess. ...a draughts board... N-COUNT 3. You can refer to a blackboard or a noticeboard as a board. He wrote a few more notes on the board. N-COUNT 4. Boards are long flat pieces of wood which are used, for example, to make floors or walls. The floor was draughty bare boards. N-COUNT 5. The board of a company or organization is the group of people who control it and direct it. (BUSINESS) Arthur wants to put his recommendation before the board at a meeting tomorrow. ...the agenda for the September 12 board meeting. = management N-COUNT: oft the N in sing see also board of directors 6. Board is used in the names of various organizations which are involved in dealing with a particular kind of activity. The Scottish Tourist Board said 33,000 Japanese visited Scotland last year. ...the US National Transportation Safety Board. N-COUNT: usu the n N 7. When you board a train, ship, or aircraft, you get on it in order to travel somewhere. (FORMAL) I boarded the plane bound for England. = get on VERB: V n, also V 8. Board is the food which is provided when you stay somewhere, for example in a hotel. Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff. N-UNCOUNT 9. see also bulletin board 10. An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly. All I knew about were Antony's own financial dealings, which were always above board. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 11. If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group. There are hefty charges across the board for one-way rental... The President promised across-the-board tax cuts if re-elected. PHRASE: usu PHR after v, PHR n 12. If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible. It's a case of not what you know but who you know in this world today and qualifications quite go by the board. PHRASE: V inflects 13. When you are on board a train, ship, or aircraft, you are on it or in it. They arrived at Gatwick airport on board a plane chartered by the Italian government... ...a naval task force with two thousand marines on board. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR n 14. If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win. Spain swept the board in boys' team competitions. PHRASE: V inflects 15. If you take on board an idea or a problem, you begin to accept it or understand it. I hope that they will take on board some of what you have said. PHRASE: V inflects

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bord (qeresh, "a slab or plank," "deck of a ship," "bench," "board"): This word is found in Ex 26:16-21; 36:21 ff; its plural occurs in Ex 26:15,17-29; 35:11; 36:20-34; 39:33; 40:18; Nu 3:36; 4:31. This word also is used in translation of luach (Ex 27:8; 38:7; So 8:9; Eze 27:5 the King James Version) = "a tablet" (of stone, wood or metal), "board," "plate," "table"; also of tsla` = "rib," hence, a "side," "timber," "plank" (1Ki 6:15 f). In 1Ki 6:9, sedherah = "a rank," "a row," hence, "a range" or "board" is used. In the New Testament we find the expression "on board" in Ac 27:44 the King James Version, in translation of epi sanisin = "planks."

Frank E. Hirsch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Plank (thin). 2. Table (for food). 3. Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals. 4. Conclave, council, committee. II. v. a. 1. Cover with boards. 2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force. 3. Furnish with meals.

Foolish Dictionary

An implement for administering corporal punishment, used by mothers and landladies. "The Festive Board" may be a shingle, a hair-brush a fish-hash breakfast or a stewed prune supper.

Moby Thesaurus

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