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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, &c.

10. A body of men constituting a quorum in session a court, or council as a board of trustees a board of officers.

BOARD, 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, 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.