Word: ballast
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writer of the article was seemingly unable to close without making a few flings at Harvard and Yale. He blandly states: "If all the bosh that has been written about the aquatic deeds and words of Harvard and Yale could be collected together, it would be enough to ballast a railroad to the moon, with sufficient left to fill in the Newark Meadows. We frankly acknowledge that the aquatically inclined students of Yale and Harvard-individually as boys, and collectively as boat clubs-have frequently, persistently, and with malice aforethought, committed the crime colloquially called "putting on airs" over...
...Mystery is rather heavily sparred for a vessel of her size. She was carrying considerable ballast. The sea was running high and the wind was freshening; she began to ship water and fill her cockpit, and before one sea could be bailed out she shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such...
...Columbia is once more desirous of exhibiting her peculiar style of manning a boat, - four men to row, and the remainder for passengers and ballast...