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Weights, often scrap or pig iron, used as permanent high-density ballast in a ship.
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1. A watertight compartment in the lowest part of the ship to which valves and piping are attached to allow water in for ballast, engine cooling, and firefighting purposes. 2. A wooden box used to store a sailor's effects.
Guide used by section men in surfacing or ballasting track in order to obtain an even bed.
Turkey or chicken dressing
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A device used on ships and submarines and other submersibles to control buoyancy and stability.
Ballast is slang for food, a heavy meal.
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a.
Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
v. t.
To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from.
v. i.
To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
imp. & p. p.
of Ballast
n.
Pigs of iron used for ballast.
v. t.
To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage.
n.
Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
n.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
n.
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
superl.
Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
n.
A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
n.
The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ballast
n.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
n.
That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
a.
Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.
n.
The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
a.
Not ballasted.
n.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
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