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Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..

Unballast :: Unballast (a.) Not ballasted.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..

Crank :: Crank (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..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold..

Unballasted :: Unballasted (a.) Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits..

Ballasted :: Ballasted (imp. & p. p.) of Ballas.

Unballast :: Unballast (v. t.) To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from.

Ballastage :: Ballastage (n.) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

Bed :: Bed (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad..

Metal :: Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

Shiff :: Shiff (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..

Unballasted :: Unballasted (a.) Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

Lastage :: Lastage (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast..

Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..

Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..

Kentledge :: Kentledge (n.) Pigs of iron used for ballast.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

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