† unballassedadj.
Obsolete.
= unballasted adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > not seaworthy or unstable > unballasted
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1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth xxv. 185 A light vnballaced vessell, that rises and falles with euery waue.
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 34 As vnballac't ships are rockt and tost With tumbling Waues.
1704 J. Addison in tr. Ovid Metamorph. in Poet. Misc.: 5th Pt. 56 As at Sea th' unballass'd Vessel rides, Cast to and fro.
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