Part 884

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.</def>

<cs><col>Ballot box</col>, <cd>a box for receiving ballots.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ballot</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Balloted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Balloting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>ballotter</ets> to toss, to ballot, or It. <ets>ballottare</ets>. See <er>Ballot</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To vote or decide by ballot; <as>as, to <ex>ballot</ex> for a candidate</as>.</def>

<h1>Ballot</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"lot</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To vote for or in opposition to.</def>

<blockquote>None of the competitors arriving to a sufficient number of balls, they fell to <b>ballot</b> some others. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ballotade</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"lo*tade`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ballottade</ets>, fr. <ets>ballotter</ets> to toss. See <er>Ballot</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.</def>

<h1>Ballotation</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal`lo*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Voting by ballot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Balloter</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"lot*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who votes by ballot.</def>

<h1>Ballotin</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"lo*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An officer who has charge of a ballot box.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harrington.</i>

<h1>Ballow</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Bal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cudgel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ballproof</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ball"proof`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.</def>

<h1>Ballroom</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Ball"room`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A room for balls or dancing.</def>

<h1>Balm</h1> <Xpage=115>

<hw>Balm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baume</ets>, OF. <ets>bausme</ets>, <ets>basme</ets>, F. <ets>baume</ets>, L. <ets>balsamum</ets> balsam, from Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. <ets>b\'bes\'bem</ets>. Cf. <er>Balsam</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aromatic plant of the genus <spn>Melissa</spn>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.</def>