Add to ORKGballast (v)"Ballase" was used as a term to mean attack with rocks. My father recalls the word being very common in his youth. And it was an every day expression - As a treat it would be said "Go home or I'll ballase you with rocks." This word seems to be unheard of now for I have never heard it in my youth and my father has not heard it for over twenty years.From Vocab list 1913-Used IUsed INot usedLP: Scanned and additional information added by Leslie Pierce on 3 September 2008