Vocabulary : Ballahoo to Ballet
Ballahoo : Alt. of BallahouBallahou : A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies.
Ballarag : To bully; to threaten.
Ballast : Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing. ;; Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness. ;; Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid. ;; The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete. ;; Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security. ;; To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. ;; To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. ;; To keep steady; to steady, morally.
Ballastage : A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
