above board »
Honestly, reputably.
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across the board »
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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across the board »
Pertaining to all categories or things.
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all over the board »
Showing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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at sea »
On the ocean or sea, typically of a ship or person aboard a ship.
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back to the drawing board »
Back to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.
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banyan day »
In British naval tradition, this originally referred to a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
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bitter end »
That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.
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board up »
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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bridge »
The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
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deep-six »
To throw something overboard from a ship.
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go back to the drawing board »
To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.
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go by the board »
To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
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go by the board »
To estimate the velocity of a boat or ship in knots by casting overboard the knotted line to whose end is attached the lead and thereafter counting the knots in the line as it goes aft along the side boards of the vessel.
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