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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Blackball

Blăck'ball, n.

noun

n. [black and ball.]

  1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, &c.
  2. A ball of black color, used as a negative in voting.

Bläck'băll, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BLACKBALLED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLACKBALLING.] To reject or exclude in choosing, by putting black balls into a ballot-box. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.