Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Board"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a.
Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything
according to a pattern.

{Molding, or Moulding}, {board}.
(a) See {Follow board}, under {Follow}, v. t.
(b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.


{Molding, or Moulding}, {machine}.
(a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (
b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for
castings.

{Molding, or Moulding}, {mill}, a mill for shaping timber.

{Molding, or Moulding}, {sand} (Founding), a kind of sand
containing clay, used in making molds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Board \Board\, n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to
bred plank, Icel. bor? board, side of a ship, Goth.
f?tu-baurd]/> footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See
def. 8. [root]92.]
1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length
and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for
building, etc.

Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches,
it is usually called a plank.

2. A table to put food upon.

Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was
often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell.

Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute
large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing
hand. --Milton.

3. 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.

4. 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.

Both better acquainted with affairs than any other
who sat then at that board. --Clarendon.

We may judge from their letters to the board.
--Porteus.

5. 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.

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

7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to
enter upon the theatrical profession.

8. [In this use originally perh. a different word meaning
border, margin; cf. D. boord, G. bord, shipboard, and G.
borte trimming; also F. bord (fr. G.) the side of a ship.
Cf. {Border}.] The border or side of anything. (Naut.)
(a) The side of a ship. ``Now board to board the rival
vessels row.'' --Dryden. See {On board}, below.
(b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a
compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board,
shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard,
cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure.

{The American Board}, a shortened form of ``The American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions'' (the foreign
missionary society of the American Congregational
churches).

{Bed and board}. See under {Bed}.

{Board and board} (Naut.), side by side.

{Board of control}, six privy councilors formerly appointed
to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies.
--Stormonth.

{Board rule}, a figured scale for finding without calculation
the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman.

{Board of trade}, in England, a committee of the privy
council appointed to superintend matters relating to
trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for
the advancement and protection of their business
interests; a chamber of commerce.

{Board wages}.
(a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for
services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages.
(b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food
and lodging.
(c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the
procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden.

{By the board}, over the board, or side. ``The mast went by
the board.'' --Totten. Hence (Fig.),

{To go by the board}, to suffer complete destruction or
overthrow.

{To enter on the boards}, to have one's name inscribed on a
board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge,
England.] ``Having been entered on the boards of Trinity
college.'' --Hallam.

{To make a good board} (Naut.), to sail in a straight line
when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.

{To make short boards}, to tack frequently.

{On board}.
(a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I
came on board early; to be on board ship.
(b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.]

{Returning board}, a board empowered to canvass and make an
official statement of the votes cast at an election.
[U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Board \Board\, v. i.
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for
compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board
in the same house. --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Board \Board\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boarded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boarding}.]
1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
``The boarded hovel.'' --Cowper.

2. [Cf. {Board} to accost, and see {Board}, n.] To go on
board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a
friendly way.

You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to
receive news or make a communication. --Totten.

3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]

4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings,
for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's
horse at a livery stable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Board \Board\, v. t. [F. aborder. See {Abord}, v. t.]
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.]

I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder
when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

board
n 1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven
members"
2: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he
nailed boards across the windows"
3: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
sizes and used for many purposes [syn: {plank}]
4: a board on which information can be displayed to public view
[syn: {display panel}, {display board}]
5: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for
board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
[syn: {gameboard}]
6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and
board" [syn: {table}]
7: electrical device consisting of an insulated panel
containing switches and dials and meters for controlling
other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument
panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
[syn: {control panel}, {instrument panel}, {control board},
{panel}]
8: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots
in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
[syn: {circuit board}, {circuit card}, {card}]
9: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the
dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: {dining
table}]
v 1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn:
{get on}] [ant: {get off}]
2: live and take one's meals (in a certain place) [syn: {room}]
3: lodge and take meals (at)
4: provide food and lodging (for)


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