ballot

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1. 1.The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens.
2. 2.The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.
3. 3.To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
4. 4.To vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is the act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens called?
• What is the whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district. Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots called?
• What is to vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate called?
• What is to vote for or in opposition to. None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to ballot some others. Sir H. Wotton called?