Bal"lot (băl"lŭt), n. [F.
ballotte, fr. It. ballotta. See Ball round body.]
1. Originally, a ball used for secret voting.
Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
2. 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.
3. The whole number of votes cast at an election,
or in a given territory or electoral district.
Ballot box, a box for receiving ballots.
Bal"lot (băl"lŭt), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Balloted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Balloting.] [F. ballotter to toss, to ballot, or
It. ballottare. See Ballot, n.] To
vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
Bal"lot, v. t. 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.
