Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ballasting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone,
etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.
'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ballasting \Bal"last*ing\, n.
That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
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