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• Him

  ·pron Them. ·see <<Hem>>. II. Him ·pron The objective case of he. ·see <<He>>. ...

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• Board

  ·noun The side of a ship. II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon. III. Board ·noun To enter, as ...

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• board

  n. term used by shearers. See quotation. 1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Dec. 23, p. 6, col. 1: «...

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• board

  Certain offices under the control of the executive government, where the business of any particular ...

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• board and board

  Alongside, as when two ships touch each other. ...

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• board him in the smoke

  To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke. ...

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• Plug board

  ·add. ·- A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs. ...

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• Sound-board

  ·noun A sounding-board. ...

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• Sounding-board

  ·noun ·see Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. II. Sounding-board ·noun A thin board which propag...

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• Weather-board

  ·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc. ...

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• penance board

  The pillory. ...

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• above-board

  In open sight; without artifice, or trick. "A figurative expression," says Johnson, "borrowed from g...

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• above-board

  Over the deck; a term used for open fair dealing, without artifice or trick. ...

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• arch-board

  The part of the stern over the counter, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers. ...

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• back-board

  A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...

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• bevelling-board

  A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described. ...

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• clap-board

  [German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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• covering-board

  See plank-sheer. ...

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• flashing-board

  To raise or set off. ...

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• foot-board

  The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.) ...

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• free-board

  See plank-sheer. ...

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• gang-board

  The narrow platform within the side next the gunwale, connecting the quarter-deck to the forecastle....

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• in-board

  Within the ship; the opposite of out-board. ...

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• letter-board

  Another term for name-board (which see). ...

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• log-board

  Two boards shutting together like a book, and divided into several columns, in which to record, thro...

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• medical board

  A number of medical officers convened to examine sick and wounded officers and men, for invaliding o...

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• name-board

  The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted. ...

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• navy board

  The commissioners of the navy collectively considered, but long since abolished. ...

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• on board

  Within a ship; the same as aboard. ...

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• out-board

  The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board. ...

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• pointer-board

  A simple contrivance for duly training a ship's guns. ...

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• sea-board

  The line along which the land and water meet, indicating the limit common to both. ...

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• serving-board

  A flattened piece of hard wood with a handle, for passing service on the smaller ropes. ...

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• stern-board

  This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...

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• traverse-board

  A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...

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• wash-board

  , or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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• weather-board

  That side of the ship which is to windward. ...

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• within-board

  Inside a ship. ...

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• to give him jessy

  is to give him a flogging. A vulgarism of recent origin. Well, hoss, you've slashed the hide off 'e...

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• to give him the mitten

  This phrase is used of a girl who discards her sweetheart. She gave him the mitten means that she ga...

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• board of trade

  A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters. ...

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• by the board

  Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board. ...

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• local marine-board

  See marine boards. ...

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• to set her cap for him

  To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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• Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices

  On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without. See Saxton's Still House. ...

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• make a good board

  See board. ...

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• take water on board, to

  To ship a sea. ...

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