A man must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life. From LearnThat.org. [Henry David Thoreau]
Actually, in one definition, ballast is material which will. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: "Blow All Ballast Tanks . . . Dive, Dive"] Reference
It would seem as if this merchantman in ballast was taken and destroyed by a. From Wordnik.com. [The Nashville at Southampton] Reference
Update: A commenter quotes one of the definitions for ballast from the Oxford English Dictionary as: 3. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Congenital Liar] Reference
A bed of crushed stone, called ballast, undergirds the ties. From Wordnik.com. [Stimulus funds give high-speed rail a kick in the caboose] Reference
Newer lights have an "electronic" solid-state ballast, which is much better. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions] Reference
The inorganic materials (minerals and metals) are unused ballast, which is unaffected by the digestion process. From Wordnik.com. [2. The dgestion process] Reference
I noted parenthetically that I intended "ballast" to be understood as "load.". From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: "Blow All Ballast Tanks . . . Dive, Dive"] Reference
Electrical current emitted from electronic 'ballast'. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
Jake was a kind of ballast to her during Eloise's absence, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Cromptons] Reference
Do derivatives provide "ballast" to stabilize volatility in the markets?. From Wordnik.com. [DealBook] Reference
Employment of a "ballast" resistance in this way is referred to in Chapter XI. From Wordnik.com. [Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.] Reference
The sleepers are placed on a bed of deep coarse gravel or chipstones called "ballast". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
A standard "ballast" is an electronic component that regulates voltage in light fixtures. From Wordnik.com. [RushPRnews - Newswire & Global Press Release Distribution] Reference
I'm told that many in the astronaut office gave Nelson the nickname "ballast" at the time. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch] Reference
I would never have used a metaphor as specific as "ballast" unless I knew exactly what I was talking about. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
Dreams, I would never have used a metaphor as specific as "ballast" unless I knew exactly what I was talking about. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
He predicts they will seek "ballast" for their portfolios amid volatility by buying investment-grade corporate debt. From Wordnik.com. [Bloomberg] Reference
'ballast' arrived and was paid for before the donkeys were shipped. From Wordnik.com. [The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs] Reference
"We're going to use it tonight to get up to the cell even if it means rigging some kind of ballast system. From Wordnik.com. [Myth-Ing Persons]
The diversification functions more as deadweight than ballast. From Wordnik.com. [And It Can't Count on a Bailout] Reference
But she had in her hold immense tanks for what is called water ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
A crucial preventive is to outlaw the release of ballast water in ports. From Wordnik.com. [Aliens Invade America!] Reference
President Bush's popularity won't provide much ballast for GOP candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Trench Warfare] Reference
I want to say that that is impossible, that my ballast is off, but I don't. From Wordnik.com. [The Five of Cups] Reference
All the same, I am some good in an airship, if it's only to act as ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Young men starting out in life want to carry as little ballast as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Well, maybe, but in a frivolous, shallow world, Black provided welcome ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Conrad Black Gets Out Of Jail] Reference
One big problem was that they operated with a high-frequency electronic ballast. From Wordnik.com. [10 Questions for . . . Ed Hammer, CFL Inventor] Reference
Clearly the price of oil has lost all ballast to the dynamic of supply and demand. From Wordnik.com. [Raymond J. Learsy: Oil Market Manipulation has Crude Prices Sky High] Reference
If the "Escambia" had taken less wheat and more ballast, it might be afloat today. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The Tango uses 19 lead-acid batteries mounted on the bottom of the car for ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Auto X Prize Finalist: Commuter Cars Tango] Reference
Best to consider a small gold reserve as ballast and not bet the whole retirement on it. From Wordnik.com. [MONEY: AS GOOD AS GOLD] Reference
A new alien invades once every 14 weeks now, finds Andy Cohen, usually through ballast water. From Wordnik.com. [Aliens Invade America!] Reference
A genuinely pleasurable hour that just needs more ballast to make it really substantial theatre. From Wordnik.com. [The Vanishing Horizon] Reference
All Energy Star CFLs use an electronic ballast that reduces or eliminates slow or flickering ignition. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Are there any drawbacks to compact fluorescent bulbs?] Reference
But at least Louise Bourgeois (born in 1911!) and a few others give the place some real sculptural ballast. From Wordnik.com. [A County Fair For Intellectuals] Reference
Anything whose texture will contrast both the mushroom and whatever starch you have chosen to act as ballast. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's mushrooms with quinoa and chard, and baked greengages recipes] Reference
Instead of trying to Fed-proof their portfolios with stocks, investors may find ballast in nonstock investments. From Wordnik.com. [Surviving Higher Rates] Reference
He brings Red State popularity, military ballast — and something else less quantifiable but just as important. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Webb on the Warpath] Reference
We have known coals, salt, and other articles brought by way of ballast, sold cheaper in Charlestown than in London. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
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