BOARD

I. noun Etymology: Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side Date: before 12th century border , edge , the side of a ship, 3. a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width, stage 2a(2), skis, 4. table 3a, a table spread with a meal, daily meals especially when furnished for pay, a table at which a council or magistrates sit, e. a group of persons having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers , an examination given by an examining ~, league , association , g. the exposed hands of all the players in a stud poker game, an exposed dummy hand in bridge, 5. a flat usually rectangular piece of material (as wood) designed for a special purpose: as, spring~ 1, surf~ , back~ 1, a surface, frame, or device for posting notices, black~ , switch~ , 6. card~ , the stiff foundation piece for the side of a book cover, a securities or commodities exchange, the low wooden wall enclosing a hockey rink, a sheet of insulating material carrying circuit elements and terminals so that it can be inserted in an electronic apparatus (as a computer), bulletin ~ 2, ~like adjective II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack, accost , address , 3. to go a~ (as a ship, train, airplane, or bus), to put a~ , to cover or seal off with ~s , to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation, to check (a player) into the ~s in hockey, intransitive verb to receive meals or lodging