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board (b<omac/rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor<edh/ board
| board | (b<omac/rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor<edh/ board, side of a ship, Goth. f |
| board | , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boarding.] 1.
To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. The boarded hovel. Cowper.
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2. [Cf. Board to accost, and see Board, n.]
To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
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-You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. Totten.
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3.
To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
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4.
To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
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5.
To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
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| board | (b<omac/rd), v. i.
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
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-We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. Spectator.
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| board | , v. t. [F. aborder. See Abord, v. t.]
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.]
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-I will board her, though she chide as loud |
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