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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.
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Turkey or chicken dressing
Guide used by section men in surfacing or ballasting track in order to obtain an even bed.
A device used on ships and submarines and other submersibles to control buoyancy and stability.
Weights, often scrap or pig iron, used as permanent high-density ballast in a ship.
Ballast is slang for food, a heavy meal.
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n.
The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
n.
That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
n.
The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing.
a.
Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.
superl.
Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
n.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
a.
Not ballasted.
imp. & p. p.
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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.
A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
n.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
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.
The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
n.
The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
v. t.
To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ballast
n.
Pigs of iron used for ballast.
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.
a.
Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
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