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their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." Shak.

und, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.

A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.

To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.

One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch. Totten.

A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect.

thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four- inch plank. Inch stuff, boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.

ork, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering. -- Inside track, the inner part of a race course; hen…

ll remain. They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11. To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. Shak.

The clothes ironed. Ironing board, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid being ironed.

a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm Addison.

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

ite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. Pope.

The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

sary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions.

To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

The last board of a floor when laid down.

f a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard.

The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.