Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ballot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ballot \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ballot \Bal"lot\ (b[a^]l"l[u^]t), 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ballot
n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
2: a choice that is made by voting; "there were only 17 votes
in favor of the motion" [syn: {vote}, {voting}, {balloting}]
v : vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
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