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Dashboard
Pronunciation : Dash"board`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.
2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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