Board
(Board) v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at
the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house.
Spectator.
Board
(Board), v. t. [F. aborder. See Abord, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
[Obs.]
I will board her, though she chide as loud
As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.
Shak.
Boardable
(Board"a*ble) a. That can be boarded, as a ship.
Boarder
(Board"er) n.
1. One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation
of any kind.
2. (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten.
Boarding
(Board"ing), n.
1. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate.
Sir F. Drake.
2. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.
3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals
and lodgings, for pay.
Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept. — Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network
of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it. — Boarding pike
(Naut.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. Totten. —
Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.
Boarfish
(Boar"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) A Mediterranean fish of the family Caproidæ; — so called from the
resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout. (b) An Australian percoid fish valued as a food fish.
Boarish
(Boar"ish), a. Swinish; brutal; cruel.
In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs.
Shak.
Boast
(Boast) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost,
boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to
blow, Sw. pösa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from
English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of
one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast.
Eph. ii. 8, 9.
2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
In God we boast all the day long.
Ps. xliv. 8
