ˌoverˈballast, v.
Also 7 -ballise.
[over- 27.]
trans. To overload (a ship) with ballast; to overload.
| 1601 Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. ii. xl. (1631) 171 A shippe over-ballasted in the middest of the ocean. 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass 58 If wee doe not overballise our stomachs with superfluity. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 5/1 The other charges..apart from the allegation of overballasting. |