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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Board \Board\ (b[=o]rd), v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. [1913 Webster] We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Board \Board\, v. t. [F. aborder. See {Abord}, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. --Totten. [1913 Webster] 3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. [1913 Webster] 5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Board \Board\ (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]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. [1913 Webster] Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. [1913 Webster] 2. A table to put food upon. [1913 Webster] Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] We may judge from their letters to the board. --Porteus. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. [1913 Webster] 7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: board n 1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" 2: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: {board}, {plank}] 3: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" 4: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: {board}, {table}] 5: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: {display panel}, {display board}, {board}] 6: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: {dining table}, {board}] 7: electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains 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}, {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}, {board}, {card}, {plug-in}, {add-in}] 9: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: {board}, {gameboard}] v 1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: {board}, {get on}] [ant: {get off}] 2: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: {board}, {room}] 3: lodge and take meals (at) 4: provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men" From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [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.