boardyadj.
/ˈbɔːdi/ 1. (See quot. 1893.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [adjective] > having specific surface or texture
look-through1730
antique1826
surfaced1869
fibre-faceda1884
everdamp1888
surface coated1888
boardy1893
shivey1937
1893 Jacobi in Trans. Bibliogr. Soc. 1 197 Thickness has to be studied—a stout paper being clumsy, and handling very ‘boardy’—an expression applied to cardboards.
2. Of the wire teeth of card-clothing when worn down: stiff, not pliable.
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1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1893- to get on or get out
- to get on quince
- to get on terms
- to get on the back foot
- to get on the bad side of a person
- to get on the ball
- to get on the finger ends
- to get on the good side of a person
- to get on the nosebag
- to get on the raw
- to get on the right side of someone
- to get on the run
- to get on the wrong side of a person
- to get on to
- to get on top of a person
- to go all round the houses
- to go all the the whole way
- to go all the the whole way with
- to go all the way
- to go all the way with
- to go all to pieces
- to go all to sticks
- to go along
- to go along with
- to go amadding