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Ballast   /bˈæləst/   Listen
Ballast

noun
1.
Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
2.
Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads.
3.
An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings.
4.
A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations).  Synonyms: ballast resistor, barretter.
5.
An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps.  Synonym: light ballast.
verb
(past & past part. ballasted; pres. part. ballasting)
1.
Make steady with a ballast.



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"Ballast" Quotes from Famous Books



... we shall be long after our neighbour," the other remarked, a little drily. Then, as if he might have said too much, he added hastily, "We slavers carry little else, you know, than our shackles and a few extra tierces of rice; the rest of our ballast is made up of these guns, and the ...
— The Red Rover • James Fenimore Cooper
... was my last in this beautiful isle, as I was obliged to embark on the next day, the 17th of May. The cargo was cleared, and the ballast taken on board. All articles to which the French troops are accustomed, such as flour, salted meat, potatoes, pulse, wine, and a variety of others, have to be ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer
... London. The iron railing which surrounds this enclosure is as high and as handsome as that of the Tuilleries, and it will give some idea of the care bestowed on its decoration, to know that the gravel for the walks was conveyed by barges from Boston, not as ballast, but as freight. ...
— Domestic Manners of the Americans • Fanny Trollope
... water. Boarding her with the intention of pressing her men, he found her deserted save for the master, and thinking that some of the hands might be in hiding below—where the master assured him he would find nothing but ballast—he "did order one of his Boat's crew to goe down in the Hold and see what was therein"; who presently returned and reported "a quantity of wool conceal'd under some Coales a foot thik." The exportation of wool ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson
... so light from scant feeding that he cannot fly against the wind. If he would go back to his starting point while the March winds are out, he must needs come down close to the ground and yewyaw towards his objective, making leeway like an old boat without ballast or centerboard. ...
— Secret of the Woods • William J. Long


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