scaleboard (plural scaleboards)
(obsolete, printing) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
(obsolete) A thin veneer or leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture etc.
• broadscale
Source: Wiktionary
Scale"board` (; commonly , n. Etym: [3d scale + board.]
1. (Print.)
Definition: A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. [Obs.] Crabb.
2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
