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Aboard

ABOARD, adv. [a and board. See Board.] Within a ship, vessel, or boat. To go aboard, to enter a ship, to embark. To fall aboard, to strike a ship's side. Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the main...

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ABOARD, adv. [a and board. See Board.] Within a ship, vessel, or boat.

To go aboard, to enter a ship, to embark.

To fall aboard, to strike a ship's side.

Aboard main tack, an order to draw a corner of the main-sail down to the chess-tree.

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