To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To ostracize.
To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.