Dictionary entry

Blackball (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.