† unˈballassed, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 7 vnballac't, -aced.
[un-1 8.]
= unballasted.
| 1606 Bp. Hall Heaven upon Earth §25. 185 A light, vnballaced vessell, that rises and falls with euery wave. 1621 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 25 As vnballac't ships are rockt and tost With tumbling Waues. 1694 Addison Ovid's Met. ii. Wks. 1721 I. 157 As at sea th' unballassed vessel rides Cast to and fro. |