(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:41:24

O"ver*board` (?), adv.

Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.

To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

 

© Webster 1913.

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