Heavy Material For Steadying Ship Crossword Clue

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	noun • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps verb • make steady with a ballast
	38%	12		A sail used for steadying a ship, set on a stay between the foremast and mainmast or between the mizzenmast and the mainmast
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	30%	4		Rope steadying a gaff
	verb • To take; undertake for. • (as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. noun • A line extended down from the end of a yard or a gaff, used to regulate its position

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1	A sail used for steadying a ship, set on a stay between the foremast and mainmast or between the mizzenmast and the mainmast
2	Mast-steadying rope New York Times - 14 Feb 1994	New York Times / 14 Feb 1994
3	Narrow lengths of leather or cloth for binding hampers, steadying passengers on buses/trains or holding up brassières, for example Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 14 Jan 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 14 Jan 2023
4	Ropes for steadying masts New York Times - 02 Dec 1999	New York Times / 02 Dec 1999
5	Rope steadying a gaff New York Times - 23 Dec 1987	New York Times / 23 Dec 1987
6	Steadying action
7	Steadying wedge New York Times - 19 Nov 2000	New York Times / 19 Nov 2000

Balloonist's need
Weight added for stability
Stabilize
Sandbags, often
It helps a tramp to settle down
Fifty hold out after sailor returns with iron pigs
Stability enhancer
Ship stabilizer
Heavy stuff used to stabilise boat
Material put into a ship to improve its stability

Dance with a good man with balance
Extra weight, dammit, about a pound
Gas balloon supply
Heavy material used to stabilise a ship
Ship's stabilizer
Weighted material for stabilising a ship or balloon; or, anything, real or figurative, that provides steadiness
Stabilising material
Boat stabilizer
Heavy material to stabilise ships

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