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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.

In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates.

Voting by ballot. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

One who votes by ballot.

An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.] Harrington.

See Ballotade.

Apron. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.

To blot; to stain. Chaucer.

Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.

A small decorative object without practical utility.

Bullion in the bar or mass.

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. The brief was writ and blotted all with gore. Gascoigne.

A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.

Marked or covered with blotches. To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton.

Having blotches.

To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs.]

Without blot.

One who, or that which blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.

Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation. Ruskin.