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.
To ostracize.
To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
A new member of an organization.
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
To begin; to start.