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Within
·adv In the inner part; inwardly; internally.
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Board
·noun The side of a ship.
II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon.
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board
n.
term used by shearers. See quotation.
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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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cooee, within
adv. within easy distance.
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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.
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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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board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet,
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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.
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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward.
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(St.) Alphege Within Bishopsgate
See St. Alphage London Wall.
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Alphey Within Crepilgate
See St. Alphage London Wall.
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Bishopsgate Ward Within
See Bishopsgate Ward.
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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...
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Creechurch within Aldgate
See Holy Trinity, Priory of, and St. Katherine Cree church.
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Farringdon Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Farringdon and Aldersgate Wards Wit...
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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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Cripplegate, New Hospital Within
See Elsing Spital.
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Fraunces Within Newgate Freers
See Grey Friars.
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(St.) Nicholas within, without, Newgate
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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Peacock Alley, Bishopsgate Within
See Vine Inn.
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Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices
On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without.
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make a good board
See board.
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(St.) Bartholomew Chapel, within the Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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Farringdon Ward Within. Charity School
At the west end of Bull and Mouth Street, early facing Butcher Hall Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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(St.) Mary within Cripplegate, Hospital of
See Elsing Spital.
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Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within
" A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich" (S....
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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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take water on board, to
To ship a sea.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Within
Identified with Farringdon Ward Within (q.v.).
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All Hallows Within the Gate of Bishopsgate
See All Hallows, London Wall.
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