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Definition of Blackball

1. Noun. The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.

2. Verb. Expel from a community or group.

3. Verb. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. "The President vetoed the bill"

Definition of Blackball

1. n. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

2. v. t. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.

Definition of Blackball

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackball

black-legged tick black-market black-necked cobra black-necked grebe black-necked stilt black-necked stork black-stemmed spleenwort black-stem spleenwort black-tailed deer black-tie

black-tongue disease black-winged stilt blackamoor blackamoors blackback flounder blackball (current term) blackballed blackballing blackballs blackband

Blackbeard blackbeetle blackberries blackberry blackberry blackberry-lily blackberry bush blackbird blackbird blackbirded

Literary usage of Blackball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Brit.l JM blackball, GILBERT (A 1667), catholic missioner, is believed to nave been a native of the diocese of Aberdeen. He entered the Scotch college at ..."

2. The Blackhalls of that Ilk and Barra: Hereditary Coroners and Foresters of by Alexander Morison (1905)
"Whether a blackball or a King took the initiative in alienation cannot be determined by this deed, but, as I have already stated, the early history of Barra ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... Sir Archibald Stewart of blackball ] ; Cunningham of Glengarnock ; Hamilton of Dalzell ; Earl of Kincardine ; Colonel John Erskine, grandson of the lord ..."

4. The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800 by Charles John Abbey (1887)
"... through several editions, and attracted much attention.4 He wrote also the second part of ' The Whole Duty of Man.' • Offspring blackball, Bishop of ..."

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