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8 definitions found 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 1.6 [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: an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling 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 From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: board n. 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups (but see usage note under {bboard}, sense 1). 2. An electronic circuit board. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: board 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for {Usenet} newsgroups 2. An electronic circuit board.
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