Ballast
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)
Origin: Ballasted; Ballasting.
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