'T is charity must ballast the heart.
Hammond.
Bal"last*age (&?;), n. (Law) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
Bal"last*ing, n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.
Bal"la*try (&?;), n. See Balladry. [Obs.] Milton.
||Bal"let` (bl"l` or bl"lt; 277), n. [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d Ball, n.] 1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.