adv. [ Pref. a- on, in + board. ] 1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Alongside; as, close aboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.):
To fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of. --
To haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses. --
To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. --
To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. 1. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Across; athwart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor iron bands aboard
The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bode. ] An omen; a portending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide. ] 1. Act of waiting; delay. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]