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, \. to transact the busine of their respective otfi-.e are staled the Board of Customs, the Board of Trade, the Boarc of Excise, . But the term Board is used also in a more general sense, being applied to any individuals appointed by competent authority to deliberate on or superintend the operations of any private busine or speculation. Board. (Sax. bord.) In Architecture, apiece of timber of undefined length, more than four inches in breadth, and not more than two indies and a half in thickne . The section of a hoard is, however, sometimes triangular, or rather trapezoidal. one edge being very thin. This js called a feather edited hoard. HOATSVVAIN'. The second of the three warrant off i- 152 [s. 166]