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- noun Plural form of
fireboard .
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Examples
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There my two Gothic fireboards were to be turned into a pulpit for the occasion.
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889
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Other woods than spruce are used with success for fire-drills and fireboards, but all must be dry.
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888
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Removing the fireboards, he would gaze up the flues.
I and My Chimney Herman Melville 1855
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There my two Gothic fireboards were to be turned into a pulpit for the occasion.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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Openings for pipes, through floors, partitions, or fireboards, should be surrounded by tin, to prevent their taking fire.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
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Handsome fireboards are made, by nailing black foundation-muslin to a frame the size of the fireplace; and then cutting out flowers, from wall-paper, and pasting them on the muslin, according to the fancy.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
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Larger professional type ranges add glamour as well as heat, but they need better ventilation and may need fireboards next to the adjoining cabinets.
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Out at the Bennet house, Claire asks Meredith to teach her how to fight, so Meredith takes her into a sealed box and fireboards her to get her to admit that she wants revenge on Sylar.
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a fireplace in your room, paint it when not in use, put a bouquet of fresh flowers in it every morning, if you please, or do anything to make it attractive, but never _close it_; better use the fireboards for kindling wood.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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