| 单词 | to board round or around |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto board round or around b. to board round or around: to board in succession in different houses. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > at the house of another, an inn, etc. > board board1556 to be (also live) in pension?1605 pension1642 to board round or around1828 PG1923 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > entertain with food > be entertained with food ferea1375 fare1393 to board round or around1828 1828 Ladies' Mag. (Boston) 1 215 I boarded round, as they termed it, that is, I boarded with every family in proportion to the number of scholars they sent. 1831 Ladies' Mag. 4 557 [There was] a custom..that the instructor should ‘board around’ as it is called. That is board a short period in each family who sent children to the school—the length of time regulated by the number of scholars sent. 1833 Niles' Reg. 44 347/1 Our schoolmasters are..‘boarded round’, so as to save the drawing the pay of the schoolmaster's board from the school fund. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xlv. 301 Mr. Cyrus Whicher,..a dignitary who had ‘boarded round’ till there was very little of him left. 1869 S. Bowles Our New West viii. 170 We generally ‘boarded around’. 1871 C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders vi. 165 The system was that of ‘boarding round’—i.e. the young mistress had to live a week alternately at each house, and went from thence to her school. 1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master 15 It was as well for Ralph that he began to ‘board round’ by stopping at Mrs. Means's. < as lemmas |
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