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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ballasted — un·ballasted; … English syllables
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