ballast
111ballast — bal·last …
112ballast — UK [ˈbæləst] / US noun [uncountable] a substance such as water, sand, or metal that is carried in ships or large balloons to help them remain steady …
113Ballast — Bạl|last [auch, österreichisch und schweizerisch nur ... la...], der; [e]s, e Plural selten (tote Last; Bürde) …
114ballast — Palaki, mea ho okaumaha moku …
115ballast — nm. => Accotement …
116ballast — <ing.> Üzərində dəmiryol şpalları duran dəmiryol yatağının üzərinə döşənən çınqıl, qum və s …
117ballast — A word somewhat analogous to dunnage and applied to matter such as coal, iron, ore or stone, placed in a ship s hold for trimming the ship, and bringing her down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Great Western Ins. Co. v Thwing… …
118Sailing ballast — Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Insufficiently ballasted boats will tend to tip, or heel, excessively in high winds. Too much heel may result in the boat capsizing. When sailing vessels… …
119Ship in ballast — 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} …
120ballast water — water contained in tanks on ships to improve their stability and buoyancy. This water can contain fishes and may be discharged in an area where the fish then become established as exotics …
