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To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.

from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.

A sounding-board. To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.

A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

ng by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.

See Dashboard, n., 2 (b).

An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

That side of a vessel which is one of the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to Ant: larboard, or Ant: port.

A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.]

Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

Same as Stringpiece.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.

The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

Of or pertaining to both the thyroid and arytenoid cartilages of the larynx.

See Tread, n., 5.

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. Milton.

To hoard up. [Obs.] Shak.

sion; bustle and clamor. But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar. Acts xvii. 5.

Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment. -- Up*roar"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Up*roar"i*ous*ness, n.