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The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.

Clay intersecting a vein. Weale.

A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.

On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.

A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.

In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.

In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.

trument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

e electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.

A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.

er; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat. Here shall I die ashore. Shak. I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.

An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.

A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. Knight.