Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An upright board through which the neck-twines pass in certain forms of looms; a hole-board.

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  • It was faint enough, but the reflection from the compass-board, as he bent to examine it, was sufficient to make just visible, with a dim fantastic glow, the strong beauty of his face, and put a flash into each wide dilated eye.

    The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

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