| • | A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. |
| • | A table to put food upon. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. |
| • | The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. |
| • | The border or side of anything. |
| • | The side of a ship. |
| • | The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. |
| • | To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. |
| • | To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. |
| • | To enter, as a railway car. |
| • | To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. |
| • | To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. |
| • | To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. |
| • | To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. |
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