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Sounding
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Sound>>. II. Sounding ·noun measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascert...

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sounding
The operation of ascertaining the depth of the sea, and the quality of the ground, by means of a lea...

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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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High-sounding
·adj Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. ...

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Sounding balloon
·add. ·- An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aeronautic purposes. ...

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lead, sounding
An instrument for discovering the depth of water; it is a tapered cylinder of lead, of 7, 14, or 28 ...

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sounding-lead
See lead. ...

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sounding-line
This line, with a plummet, is mentioned by Lucilius; and was the sund-gyrd of the Anglo-Saxons. ...

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sounding-rod
A slight rod of iron marked with feet and inches, which being let down by a line in a groove of the ...

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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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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. 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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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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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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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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