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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (a.) 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. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:06, 13 October 2021
Ballast [1]
(1): (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
(2): (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
(3): (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally.
(4): (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
(5): (a.) 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.
(6): (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
(7): (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
(8): (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
