Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
board . - noun Same as
bourd . - noun A striped material for garments, made in the Levant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
bourd . - noun obsolete A board; a table.
- noun (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
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Examples
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If you think the things on that bord are embarrassing or have to be hidden, or that someone will disapprove, and then force you to keep it hidden, then the bord is a wast of time.
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At issue was how much ore could be extracted using a process known as bord and pillar.
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Both operations used the so-called bord-and-pillar method of mining.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Aquarius Platinum (and other miners in the North West region) - have been ordered to shrink mining widths from 10 to six meters, when so-called bord-and-pillar mining is deployed, triggered a contraction of a quarter of the market value of Aquarius on Monday.
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The newspaper writer is therefore most likely mistaken in saying that the seamen were in the severe tenue du bord, or by "bord" meaning
The Second Funeral of Napoleon William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I also tried a sample of their "bord" for watercolor -- forget what it's called.
Making a Mark 2009
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Some discovered OK through direct contact with the United States, as when a seaman laying a transatlantic cable in 1869 reported from his ship, “Tout est O.K. à bord” or “All is O.K. on board,” the first attested use of O.K. in French.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Some discovered OK through direct contact with the United States, as when a seaman laying a transatlantic cable in 1869 reported from his ship, “Tout est O.K. à bord” or “All is O.K. on board,” the first attested use of O.K. in French.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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La ville de Dijon a annoncé avoir envoyé à Barack Obama, qui avait demandé de la moutarde de Dijon lors de son premier repas à bord de l'avion présidentiel Air Force One, une caisse de cette moutarde, dont le groupe Unilever menace de délocaliser la production.
obama and dijon mustard: the history behind the headlines. 2009
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Rrrr min matt jeg hooker opp til de foran min et og gå ut til Loch Ness og rattmonterte ut og knytte min første mate opp og smide ham over bord og bruk for bait og når Nessy kommer opp uppsving der squirts blod og deretter id få det montert.
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