shifting the ballast

  • 1Shifting ballast — Shifting Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays}… …

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  • 2Shifting — Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays} (Naut.),… …

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  • 3Shifting backstays — Shifting Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays}… …

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  • 4Shifting center — Shifting Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays}… …

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  • 5Shifting locomotive — Shifting Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays}… …

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  • 6History of street lighting in the United States — The use of street lighting was first recorded in the Arab Empire from the 9th 10th centuries, [Fielding H. Garrison, History of Medicine :quote| The Saracens themselves were the originators not only of algebra, chemistry, and geology, but of many …

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  • 7Piracy in the Caribbean — The great era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1560s and died out in the 1720s as the nation states of Western Europe with colonies in the Americas began to exert more state control over the waterways of the New World. The period during… …

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  • 8Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary low salinity zone — The low salinity zone (LSZ) of the San Francisco Estuary and Delta represents a highlyaltered ecosystem. The region has been heavily re engineered to accommodate the needs ofwater delivery, shipping, agriculture, and most recently, suburban… …

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  • 9Hulk (ship) — A hulk is a ship that is afloat, but incapable of going to sea. Although sometimes used to describe a ship that has been launched but not completed, it most often refers to an old ship that has had its rigging and/or internal equipment removed,… …

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  • 10Bulk carrier — The Sabrina I is a modern Handymax bulk carrier. Class overview Name: Freighter Subclasses …

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