And it's terrible good ballast, too; I never see the balloon so steady before.

Next to drainage in importance is plenty of good ballast.

It looks to me as if bags of gold might make very good ballast.

That's a good ballast for a man.

Lead makes good ballast, rooves, and pipes, but is sluggish, while quicksilver has marvelous properties of speed, flexibility, fluidity...

'The Gaffer's delight, and rare good ballast for an empty belly.