Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Board \Board\, v. t. [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}, n.] 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.