ballast
n 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) [syn:
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter]
5: an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent
and discharge lamps [syn: ballast, light ballast]
v 1: make steady with a ballast
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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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Ballast \Bal"last\ (b[a^]l"last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan.
baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part
is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a
burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See
Bare, a., and Last load.]
1. (Naut.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put
into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a
depth as to prevent capsizing.
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2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it
steadiness.
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3. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad
to make it firm and solid.
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4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in
making concrete.
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5. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness,
steadiness, and security.
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It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.
--Barrow.
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Ballast engine, a steam engine used in excavating and for
digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.
Ship in ballast, a ship carrying only ballast.
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