Part 1233

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Boarding</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Board"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.</def>

<blockquote>Both slain at one time, as they attempted the <b>boarding</b> of a frigate. <i>Sir F. Drake.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.</def>

<cs><col>Boarding house</col>, <cd>a house in which boarders are kept.</cd> -- <col>Boarding nettings</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it.</cd> -- <col>Boarding pike</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. <i>Totten<i>.</cd> -- <col>Boarding school</col>, <cd>a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boarfish</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boar"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A Mediterranean fish (<spn>Capros aper</spn>), of the family <spn>Caproid\'91</spn>; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An Australian percoid fish (<spn>Histiopterus recurvirostris</spn>), valued as a food fish.</def>

<h1>Boarish</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boar"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Swinish; brutal; cruel.</def>

<blockquote>In his anointed flesh stick <b>boarish</b> fangs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boast</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Boasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boasting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bosten</ets>, <ets>boosten</ets>, v., <ets>bost</ets>, <ets>boost</ets>, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. <ets>bausen</ets>, <ets>bauschen</ets>, to swell, <ets>pusten</ets>, Dan. <ets>puste</ets>, Sw. <ets>pusta</ets>, to blow, Sw. <ets>p\'94sa</ets> to swell; or W. <ets>bostio</ets> to boast, <ets>bost</ets> boast, Gael. <ets>bosd</ets>. But these last may be from English.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>boast</ex> of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: .. not of works, lest any man should <b>boast</b>. <i>Eph. ii. 8, 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.</def>

<blockquote>In God we <b>boast</b> all the day long. <i>Ps. xiiv. 8</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.</syn>

<h1>Boast</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.</def>

<blockquote>Lest bad men should <b>boast</b> Their specious deeds. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To display vaingloriously.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To possess or have; <as>as, to <ex>boast</ex> a name</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To boast one's self</col>, <cd>to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by <i>of<i> and the thing to which the boasting relates. <mark>[Archaic]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote><b>Boast</b> not <b>thyself</b> of to-morrow. <i>Prov. xxvii.<?/</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boast</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain etymology.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>