Part 881

<hw>Bal"lad mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Monger</er>.]</ety> <def>A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Balladry</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"lad*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ballad</er>, <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.</def> "Base <i>balladry</i> is so beloved."

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Ballahoo, Ballahou</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw><hw>Bal"la*hoo</hw>, <hw>Bal"la*hou</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.</def>

<h1>Ballarag</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"la*rag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>bullirag</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bully; to threaten.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<h1>Ballast</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"last</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>ballast</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>baglast</ets>, <ets>ballast</ets>, OSw. <ets>barlast</ets>, Sw. <ets>ballast</ets>. The first part is perh. the same word as E. <ets>bare</ets>, adj.; the second is <ets>last</ets> a burden, and hence the meaning <ets>a bare</ets>, or <ets>mere</ets>, <ets>load</ets>. See <er>Bare</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Last</er> load.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.</def>

<blockquote>It [piety] is the right <b>ballast</b> of prosperity. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ballast engine</col>, <cd>a steam engine used in excavating and for digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.</cd> -- <col>Ship in ballast</col>, <cd>a ship carring only ballast.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ballast</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"last</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ballasted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ballasting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To keep steady; to steady, morally.</def>

<blockquote>'T is charity must <b>ballast</b> the heart. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ballastage</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"last*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.</def>

<h1>Ballasting</h1> <Xpage=114>

<hw>Bal"last*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.</def>

<h1>Ballatry</h1> <Xpage=114>