'Ballasted' definitions:
Definition of 'Ballasted'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To keep steady; to steady, morally. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]