A piece of timber sawed thin and of considerable length and breadth, compared with the thickness, used for building and other purposes.

A table. The table of our rude ancestors was a piece of board, perhaps originally laid upon the knees. “Lauti cibum capiunt; separata singulis sedes, et sua cuique mensa.” .

Entertainment; food; diet; as, the price of board is two, five, or seven dollars a week.

A table at which a council or court is held; hence a council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting; as a board of directors.

The desk of a ship; the interior part of a ship or boat; used in the phrase, on boardIn this phrase however the sense is primarily the side of the ship. To go aboard is to go over the side.

The side of a ship. Now board to board, the rival vessels row. To fall over board, that is, over the side; the mast went by the board. Board and board, side by side.

The line over which a ship runs between tack and tack. To make a good board, is to sail in a straight line, when close hauled. To make short boards, is to tack frequently.

A table for artificers to sit or work on.

A table or frame for a game; as a chess board.

A body of men constituting a quorum in session; a court, or council; as a board of trustees; a board of officers.

To lay or spread with boards; to cover with boards.

To enter a ship by force in combat, which answers to storming a city or fort on land.

To attack; to make the first attempt upon a man. In Spenser, to accost.

To place at board, for a compensation, as a lodger.

To furnish with food, or food and lodging, for a compensation; as, a man boards ten students.

To receive food or diet as a lodger or without lodgings, for a compensation; as, he boards at the moderate price of two dollars a week.