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aw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. -- Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is spe…

A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.

ining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement. Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.…

To revert; to pass back into possession. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 1Kings xii. 26.

A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

ake into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. Milton.

Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. Sir T. Herbert.

Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden.

One who boasts.

Inclined to romp; indulging in romps. A little romping girl from boarding school. W. Irving.

One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

g inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth. Specifically:

om a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase. Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. Spenser. Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Pope.

A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs. [Western U.S.]

A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.