ballastedadj.
/ˈbaləstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbæləstəd/ Filled or laid with ballast; made steady or stable.
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the mind > emotion > [adjective] > stable or steady
ballasted1552
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > of judgement: considered, sound
adviseda1325
ballasted1552
level1600
weighed1647
unprevaricate1652
unmuddied1654
solid1662
emunct1679
unintuitive1842
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [adjective] > laden > with spec.
ballasted1552
wealth-fraught1798
ore-carrying1909
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Balessed, saburratus.
1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 96 A loadned and ballasted ship.
1702 tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guide iii. iii. 395 A Vessel is not safe, unless it be well Pois'd and Ballasted.
1865 Times 26 Jan. 7/1 Lord Cochrane lowered overboard a ballasted cask.
1894 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 3 140 A ballasted roadbed, fenced, and protected by cattle-guards.
1932 A. G. Keller Man's Rough Road i. 6 He was on that 1914 train that hurtled down a poorly ballasted incline, with brakes shrieking and smoking but not taking hold.
2007 Sarnia (Ont.) Observer (Nexis) 5 May a4 It was the Canadian government that proposed the first (voluntary) regulations regarding ballasted vessels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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