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See Washboard, 3.

A boat bug.

A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt.

A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

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 long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.

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 stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.

A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

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.

over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

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

Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. -- To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others.

Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.

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