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1. bō̆rden adj.

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Made of boards; wooden.

2. bō̆rded ppl.

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(a) Of a book: bound in boards; (b) borded bed, a framed bed, a bedstead.

3. bō̆rden v.(1)

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To provide (the sides of a cart) with boards, board up.

4. bō̆rd n.

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(a) A board, a plank; stif as ani bord, stiff as a board; Estlond bord, board imported from Norway or the Baltic countries; oken (okes) bord, an oak board; wainscot bord; (b) coll. lumber, timber…

5. cuppe-bō̆rd n.

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A sideboard; cuppe-bord banker, sideboard cover; cuppe-bord cloth, sideboard cloth.

6. overbō̆rd adv.

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Over the side of a ship, overboard.

7. mē̆te-bō̆rd n.

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A table; esp. a trestle table.

8. wā̆ter-bō̆rd n.

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(a) A piece of timber, used for various purposes;—also coll.; (b) ?a sideboard on which water for meals was placed; ?a table at which water is served instead of wine.

9. ship-bō̆rd n.

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(a) A ship; at the ship-bord ende, at the end of the ship; binne (on) ship-bord, aboard a ship; to ship-bord, alongside a ship; upon alle the shipbordes, all about the ship; withinnen ship-bord

10. sīde-bō̆rd n.

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(a) A table to the side of the high table, running along the side of the hall for those of lower status; (b) a board supporting the side of a bed; also, a board constituting part of the side of a…

11. shil-bō̆rd n.

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Some kind of plank or board used in a mill, perh. as a protection from the water wheel; shil-bord clogge.

12. pax-bō̆rd n.

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= pax-bred.

13. borth-silver n.

Additional spellings: borthsilver
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A rent paid by the cellarer's men.

14. abōrd adv. & prep.

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(a) At or upon the side of a ship; (b) alongside another ship; (c) onto or aboard a ship; (d) fallen abord with, to become associated with (sb.), agree with.

15. overburdes adv.

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Overboard.

16. lẹ̄-bō̆rd n.

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The lee side of a ship, port, larboard.

17. ladde-bō̆rd n.

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Larboard, port [?orig. the side of the ship which is led, i.e. behind the steersman].

18. bō̆rden v.(2)

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To board or enter (an enemy vessel).

19. bō̆rd(e n.

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(a) A strip of embroidered stuff; (b) a border (of plants).

20. bō̆rd-lō̆nd n.

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Land held by a cottager under the feudal system; ?land held by the lord of the manor to produce food for his table [Bracton].