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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In maritime law

A permanent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleaniiness, and the small space occupied by it, is frequently preferred to ordinary ballast.

Abb. Shipp. 5.