BOARD

(Equivalent to the French bureau.) A word applied usually to certain individuals in a collective capacity, who are intrusted with the management of some public office or department. Thus the Commi ioners of Customs, the Committee of the Privy Council for the Affairs of Trade, the Commi ioners of Excise, ., when a embled to transact the busine of their respective offices are styled the Board of Customs, the Board of Trade, the Board of Excise, . But the term Board is used also in a more general seqse, being applied to any individuals appointed by competent authority to delibei^te on or superintend the operations of any private busine or speculation. Board. (Sax. bopb.) In Architecture, a piece of timber of undefined length, more than four inches in breadth, and not more than two inches and an half in thickne . The section of a board is, however, sometimes triangular, or rather trapezoidal, one edge being very thin. This is called a feather-edged board. [s. 164]