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kent·ledge (kent′lij)

noun

pig iron used as permanent ballast in a ship

Etymology: Fr quintelage < quintal, quintal + -age: see -age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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