(See shoots.) In England, and indeed in most frequented ports, the throwing of ballast overboard is strictly prohibited and subject to fine.
·adj Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. II. Shooting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Shoot>>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt To keep steady; to steady, morally. II. Ballast ·vt To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy su...
A certain portion of stone, pig-iron, gravel, water, or such like materials, deposited in a ship's h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Craps>>. ...
·add. ·- Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a t...
A common Western term for a rifle, or fowling piece. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
These were furnished to the navy when cross-bows, long-bows, and slur-bows were used. ...
·- Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. ...
See Old Trinity House. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...
A large flat-floored barge, for heaving up and carrying ballast. ...
The horizontal line described by the surface of the water on the body of a ship, when she is immerse...
A person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out. ...
Square holes cut in the sides of merchantmen for taking in ballast. But should be securely barred an...
When by heavy rolling the ballast shifts in the hold. ...
Composed of coarse gravel. ...
A peculiar square and spoon-pointed iron shovel. ...
When a vessel has only ballast on board. ...
Is when by a sudden gust or stress of weather a ship is thrown so far over that the ballast settles ...
A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful mac...
A coarse fresh-water sand used by ships in the China trade for stowing tea-chests upon. ...
Pigs of iron, bags of sand, &c., used for ballast, and capable of being moved to trim the vessel. Al...
Water when used to stiffen a ship, whether carried in casks, tanks, bags, or otherwise. The iron scr...
The running out of nets in the water, as seins, drift-nets, herring-nets, &c.; but it does not apply...
A term used for freshen the ballast. ...
Divide or separate it, so as to alter its position. ...
To divide the ballast in a ship's hold to get at a leak, or to trim and stow it. ...
To carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as consistent with the stability of a ship, in orde...