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The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

lanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. -- Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.

Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

utor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.

A fishing boat. See Coble.

A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

r Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zoöl.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zoöl.), a South American bird (Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hou…

Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

A light boat. To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.

The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

eal character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.

ter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also coulter.]

s very beautiful when he was young. South. Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before. Milton.

To board together; to eat at a table in common.

A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.