Alen/on lace () See under Lace. |
Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. |
Board (n.) A table to put food upon. |
Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food |
Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private |
Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board |
Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc. |
Board (n.) The stage in a theater |
Board (n.) The border or side of anything. |
Board (n.) The side of a ship. |
Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. |
Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding |
Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. |
Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car. |
Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation |
Board (n.) To place at board, for compensation |
Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation |
Board (v. t.) To approach |
Brattice (n.) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. |
Brattice (n.) Planking to support a roof or wall. |
Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. |
Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. |
Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds |
Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. |
Buck (v. t.) To break up or pulverize, as ores. |
Buck (n.) The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. |
Buck (n.) A gay, dashing young fellow |
Buck (n.) A male Indian or negro. |
Buck (v. i.) To copulate, as bucks and does. |
Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible |
Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees. |
Buck (v. t.) To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2. |
Buck (n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed |
Buck (n.) The beech tree. |
Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. |
Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine |
Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes. |
Buck's-horn (n.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus) |
Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering |
Case (n.) A box and its contents |
Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
Case (n.) An inclosing frame |
Case (n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
Case (v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case |
Case (v. t.) To strip the skin from |
Case (n.) Chance |
Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens |
Case (n.) A patient under treatment |
Case (n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law |
Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension |
board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
shovel board shove-halfpenny shove-ha'penny | a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
buck-and-wing | a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss, a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case |
lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
lawsuit suit case cause causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy, the family brought suit against the landlord |
antitrust case | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place |
custody case | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
buck | mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) |
wing case elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
lace bug | small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines |
blackbuck black buck Antilope cervicapra | common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns |
attache case attache | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
backgammon board | the board on which backgammon is played |
baffle baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
baseboard mopboard skirting board | a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor |
beaver board | a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp |
big board | the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange |
board | a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose, he nailed boards across the windows |
board gameboard | a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games, he got out the board and set up the pieces |
board rule | a measure used in computing board feet |
brattice | a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine |
breadboard bread board | a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
Brussels lace | fine lace with a raised or applique design |
bulletin board notice board | a board that hangs on a wall, displays announcements |
bulletin board system bulletin board electronic bulletin board bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
butcher board butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
case | a portable container for carrying several objects, the musicians left their instrument cases backstage |
case display case showcase vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
case compositor's case typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers, for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters |
case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
case shot canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
casing case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening, the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced |
checkerboard checker board | a board having squares of two alternating colors |
chessboard chess board | a checkerboard used to play chess |
chopping board cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes, can be carried in a purse or a pocket |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
control panel instrument panel control board board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
cornice valance valance board pelmet | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
CPU board mother board | the main circuit board for a computer |
cribbage board | a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs, used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage |
dartboard dart board | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |