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Ballasted
(gcide) | Ballast \Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ballasted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Ballasting.]
1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the
hold.
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2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone,
etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
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3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.
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'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.
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Unballasted
(gcide) | Unballasted \Un*bal"last*ed\, a.
1. [Properly p. p. of unballast.] Freed from ballast; having
discharged ballast.
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2. [Pref. un- not + ballasted.] Not furnished with ballast;
not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted
vessels; unballasted wits.
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Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. --De
Quincey.
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