Board

·noun The side of a ship.

II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon.

III. Board ·noun To enter, as a railway car.

IV. Board ·noun The border or side of anything.

V. Board ·noun The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

VI. Board ·vt To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

VII. Board ·noun To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

VIII. Board ·noun To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

IX. Board ·noun The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

X. Board ·vi To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

XI. Board ·noun To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

XII. Board ·noun Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, ·etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

XIII. Board ·vt To Approach; to Accost; to Address; hence, to woo.

XIV. Board ·noun A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, — used for building, ·etc.

XV. Board ·noun 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.

XVI. Board ·noun 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.

XVII. Board ·noun 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.