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half-sized surf board made from foam
Prominently displayed squadron scoreboard where the landing signal officers rate the pilots’ carrier landings (any color other than green is bad ). Also called the “weenie board.â€
Rank markings. Short for "shoulder boards".
Board and plank is London Cockney rhyming slang for an American (yank).
Idiot board is a slang name for an autocue.
board shorts (for surfing).
Working the extra board. (See board)
Boards is British slang for playing cards.
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Lay off the most recently hired men on the extra list. (See board)
Board and easel is London Cockney rhyming slang for diesel.
: A toughguy body boarder who hates surfers. Example: “Off The Wall was full of bitter boarders all winter.
Across the board is slang for all−inclusive.
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floor base boards, moudlings
Fixed signal regulating railroad traffic, usually referred to as slow board., order board., clear board (for clear tracks) or red board (stop). Do not confuse this with extra board or spare board, colloquially known as slow board or starvation list, usually containing names of qualified train or enginemen not in regular active service who are called to work in emergencies. These names are listed in order of seniority, the man hired most recently being the last one called to service
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Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Board
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A sounding-board.
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The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
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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.
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A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
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of Board
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To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
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See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.
v. t.
To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
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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.
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One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.
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A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
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That can be boarded, as a ship.
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Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
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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.
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To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
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To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc.
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To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
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