Assertion: crap | /r/ObjectUse | used as ballast
Facets:
value: in ships
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In other parts of the U.S., you may find native earthworm species, but the worms living in the regions scoured by glaciers are invaders from overseas, brought here intentionally by early settlers on the assumption that the worms would improve the soil, or carried accidentally in shipments of plants or even in dirt used as ballast in ships.