Helen Fenton

Boarding: Definition and part of speech

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Boarding

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Board
  2. n. The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
  3. n. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boarder: Definition and part of speech

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Boarder

  1. n. One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy’s ship.
  2. n. One who has food statedly at another’s table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boarfish: Definition and part of speech

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Boarfish

  1. n. An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.
  2. n. A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; — so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog’s snout.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.