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  1. 1. n. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. 2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. 3. (Naut.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Mar. Di Source: webster
  7. 7. A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keepthe sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lowerdeck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Mar. Di Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:100 n. device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on n. protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side Source: ecdict

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