ballast-mark

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• Ballast

  ·vt To keep steady; to steady, morally. II. Ballast ·vt To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy su...

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• ballast

  A certain portion of stone, pig-iron, gravel, water, or such like materials, deposited in a ship's h...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Mark

  ·noun Attention, regard, or respect. II. Mark ·noun Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official stati...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Mark

  same as Marcus ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Mark

  The evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was h...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• mark

  A certain regulated length for Spanish sword-blades, under penalty of fine, and the weapon to seizur...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Mark

  one of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin su...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Water ballast

  ·- Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ballast Office

  See Old Trinity House. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• shifting ballast

  A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ballast-basket

  Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...

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• ballast-lighter

  A large flat-floored barge, for heaving up and carrying ballast. ...

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• ballast-master

  A person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out. ...

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• ballast-ports

  Square holes cut in the sides of merchantmen for taking in ballast. But should be securely barred an...

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• ballast-shifting

  When by heavy rolling the ballast shifts in the hold. ...

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• ballast-shingle

  Composed of coarse gravel. ...

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• ballast-shooting

  (See shoots.) In England, and indeed in most frequented ports, the throwing of ballast overboard is ...

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• ballast-shovel

  A peculiar square and spoon-pointed iron shovel. ...

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• ballast-trim

  When a vessel has only ballast on board. ...

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• canting ballast

  Is when by a sudden gust or stress of weather a ship is thrown so far over that the ballast settles ...

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• ballast dredger

  A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful mac...

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• pea-ballast

  A coarse fresh-water sand used by ships in the China trade for stowing tea-chests upon. ...

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• shifting ballast

  Pigs of iron, bags of sand, &c., used for ballast, and capable of being moved to trim the vessel. Al...

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• water-ballast

  Water when used to stiffen a ship, whether carried in casks, tanks, bags, or otherwise. The iron scr...

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• Bench mark

  ·add. ·- Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at th...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Chatter mark

  ·add. ·- A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier. II. Chatter mark ·add. ·- One ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hall-mark

  ·noun The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Plimsoll's mark

  ·- A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indic...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Re-mark

  ·vt To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Trade-mark

  ·noun A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods,...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Akenside, Mark

  (1721-1770) Poet, s. of a butcher at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gave early indications of talent, and was...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lemon, Mark

  (1809-1870) Journalist and humorist, b. in London, wrote many theatrical pieces, and a few novels, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Napier, Mark

  (1798-1879) Historian, s. of a lawyer in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, practised as an advocate...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pattison, Mark

  (1813-1884) Scholar and biographer, b. at Hornby, Yorkshire, s. of a clergyman, ed. privately and a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• "Twain, Mark"

  (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), D.Litt. (b. 1835) American humorist. The Jumping Frog (1867), The Inno...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mark Lane

  South out of Fenchurch Street, at No. 55, to Great Tower Street at No. 67 (P.O. Directory). In Tower...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• dollar mark

  The origin of this sign to represent the dollar has been the cause of much discussion of late in t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• flood-mark

  The line made by the tide upon the shore at its greatest height; it is also called high-water mark. ...

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• sea-mark

  A point or object distinguishable at sea, as promontories, steeples, rivers, trees, &c., forming imp...

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• stray-mark

  The mark at the junction of the stray and log lines. ...

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• french the ballast

  A term used for freshen the ballast. ...

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• freshen the ballast

  Divide or separate it, so as to alter its position. ...

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• Mark Lane Station

  At the south-east corner of Seething Lane, on the north side of Byward Street. In Tower Ward. Occup...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• moll thompson's mark

  M. T. i.e. empty: as, Take away this bottle, it has Moll Thompson's mark upon it. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mark, a good

  Australian slang. 1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233: «I wondered often what was the meaning of ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• high-water mark

  The line made by the water upon the shore, when at its greatest height; it is also designated the fl...

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• Mark, Gospel Of

  By whom written.-The author of this Gospel has been universally believed to be Mark or Marcus, desig...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• trench the ballast, to

  To divide the ballast in a ship's hold to get at a leak, or to trim and stow it. ...

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• wing up ballast, to

  To carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as consistent with the stability of a ship, in orde...

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• Mark, Gospel according to

  It is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his information mainly fro...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• London Tavern, Mark Lane

  At the north-west corner of Mark Lane at its junction with Fenchurch Street, at Nos. 53 and 54 (P.O....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Star Alley, Mark Lane

  West out of Mark Lane, north of Hart Street, and running north to Fenchurch Street. In Tower Ward (P...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Mary, Mother Of Mark

  (Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane

  See London Tavern, Mark Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.