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▪ I. † unˈballast, ppl. a. Obs.
[var. of prec. Cf. Du. ongeballast.]
= unballasted.
1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire Pref., I have..saved much I might have lost, had I ventured any thing in so light, weake, and vnbalast a bottom. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. 275 The opinion of others, whose breath of applause possibly was a means to over-set thy unballast spirit. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida ii. 103 The vexed prince,..to entertain Them now with strength unballast, calls in haste His late neglected Council.
▪ II. unˈballast, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. Du. ontballasten.]
1. Naut. To clear (a ship) of ballast. Also unˈballasting vbl. n.
a1684Leighton Com. Pet. v. 6 (1849) II. 460 It is necessary time and pains that is given to the unballasting of a ship. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), To unbalast, to discharge the ballast of a ship. [Hence in later dicts.] Ibid. (French Terms), [The] Maître de quai..is besides to appoint the proper places for ballasting and unballasting vessels.
2. fig. To render unsteady.
1836Blackw. Mag. XXXIX. 466 This pleasure..more completely unballasts the mind than any other. |