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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Ballast \Bal"last\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ballasting}.]

1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.

2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.

3. To keep steady; to steady, morally.

'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond.

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