BLACKBALLING

Verb

blackballing

present participle of blackball

Noun

blackballing (plural blackballings)

An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed

Source: Wiktionary

BLACKBALL

Black"ball`, n.

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

2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.

Black"ball`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackballed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackballing.]

1. 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. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.

2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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