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Shovel
·vt To gather up as with a shovel. II. Shovel ·vt To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel...

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shovel
To be put to bed with a shovel; to be buried. He or she was fed with a fire-shovel; a saying of a pe...

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shovel
A copper implement for removing a cartridge from a gun without injuring it. Formerly used, and as la...

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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...

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Shovel-nosed
·adj Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. ...

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Shovel Court
West out of Wood Street at No.123, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831). First mention: Strype,...

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fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths. ...

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shovel-nose
n. a New South Wales species ofRay-fish, Rhinobatus bougainvillei, Cuv.; called alsothe Blind Shark...

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

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Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House. ...

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

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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-mark
The horizontal line described by the surface of the water on the body of a ship, when she is immerse...

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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-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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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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Shovel Alley, St. Katherlne's
North out of Great Garden Street (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810). Removed for the formation of the St. Kat...

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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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