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The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to Ant: starboard.

A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.

The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity.

A kind of stout pasteboard.

A follow board.

A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

essel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

To exceed in roaring.

To soar beyond or above.

Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

See Bargeboard.

A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.

Same as Infusoria.

A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.

Same as Polyzoary.

The compound organism of a polyzoan.