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Pea
·noun ·see <<Peak>>, ·noun, 3. II. Pea ·noun The sliding weight on a steelyard. III. Pea ·noun A p...

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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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Angola pea
·- A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; — so called from Angola...

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Chick-pea
·noun A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich...

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Cich-pea
·noun The chick-pea. ...

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Pea-jacket
·noun A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather. ...

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coral pea
n. another name for the Kennedya (q.v.). 1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53: «The trailing sc...

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darling pea
n. an Australian plant, Swainsonia galegifolia, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae;i.q. Indigo Plant (q.v.). ...

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flat pea
n. a genus of Australian floweringplants, Platylobium, N.O. Leguminosae. 1793. `Transactions of Li...

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glory pea
See glory flower i.q. clianthus (q.v.). ...

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heart-pea
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

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pea, coral
n. See coral pea. ...

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pea, darling
n. See darling pea. ...

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pea, desert
n. See Sturt's Desert Pea. ...

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pea, flat
n. See flat pea. ...

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pea, glory
n. another namefor the Clianthus (q.v.). ...

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pea, heart
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

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pea-plant
n. The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae. ...

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pea-nut
The common name for the fruit of the arachis hypogea. It is also called the ground nut and earth nut...

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pea or p.-jacket
A skirtless loose rough coat, made of Flushing or pilot cloth. ...

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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-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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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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sturt's desert pea
n. a beautiful creeper, Clianthus dampieri, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae,which will only grow in very dr...

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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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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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