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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Board \Board\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Boarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boarding}.]

1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. ''The boarded hovel.'' --Cowper.

2. [Cf. {Board} to accost, and see {Board}, noun] To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. --Totten.

3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]

4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
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