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Type of multi-winner plurality/majority electoral system
as "block voting" or the "bloc vote." This article's description of block voting specifically pertains to "unlimited voting," unlike "limited voting," where
Block_voting
Non-proportional electoral system
Plurality block, also called as multiple non-transferable vote, and block plurality voting, is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections
Plurality_block_voting
Plurality voting system
(parallel voting) Nepal – as part of a mixed system (parallel voting) Oman – in single-member electoral districts, alongside plurality block voting Pakistan
First-past-the-post_voting
Type of block voting
The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling
General_ticket
Multiple-winner electoral system
variant of block voting. Under both cumulative voting and block voting, a voter casts multiple votes but in the case of cumulative voting, can lump them
Cumulative_voting
Method to make collective decisions
block voting); more than one but fewer than are being elected in a multiple-member district (Limited voting). Most allow a voter to put just one vote
Voting
Method by which voters make a choice between options
block voting may elect members of just one party so may be considered winner-take-all.[citation needed] In party block voting, voters can only vote for
Electoral_system
System favoring larger parties over smaller ones
non-transferable vote.[citation needed] Until the first half of the 19th century, the classic winner-take-all system of block voting began to be more
Winner-take-all_system
Multiple transferable voting, sometimes called block preferential, block instant-runoff, multi-pass, or cascade voting, is a winner-take-all system for
Block_preferential_voting
Multi-winner, semi-proportional electoral system
Cumulative voting is not used so each voter may not cast more than one vote for a single candidate. Under block voting, each voter may cast up to 3 votes in the
Single_non-transferable_vote
Voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
or block voting systems that were being used. Cumulative voting, limited voting, supplementary voting (contingent voting), STV, instant-runoff voting, the
Proportional_representation
Multi-winner electoral system
such as first-past-the-post (FPTP), instant-runoff voting (IRV), and block voting – one party or voting bloc can take all seats in a district. The key to
Single_transferable_vote
Type of electoral system
plurality voting, each voter may cast no more than one vote for a single candidate, even if they have multiple votes to cast. Under block voting, the standard
Plurality_voting
Voting system
on to a second election (a second round of voting). The two-round system is in the family of plurality voting systems that also includes single-round plurality
Two-round_system
Winner-take-all approval voting
Block approval voting (also called unlimited voting, in reference to limited voting) is a winner-take-all system where each voter either approves or disapproves
Block_approval_voting
Upper house of the Parliament of Australia
first-past-the-post and block voting system, on a state-by-state basis. This was replaced in 1919 by preferential block voting. Block voting tended to produce
Australian_Senate
Multiple-winner electoral system
Limited voting (also known as partial block voting) is a voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available. The positions
Limited_voting
Voting systems that use ranked ballots
Ranked voting is any voting system that uses voters' rankings of candidates to choose a single winner or multiple winners. More formally, a ranked vote system
Ranked_voting
Proportional multi-winner electoral system in US
Above/below the line voting STV MMP Multiple states ban ranked-choice voting for local elections, which prevents the use of single transferable vote (STV), but
Proportional representation in the United States
Proportional_representation_in_the_United_States
Federal legislature of Australia
the chamber. In 1919, the voting system changed from first-past-the-post to preferential voting. The two-party-preferred vote (2PP) has been commonly used
Parliament_of_Australia
Variant of party-list voting system
Party block voting (general ticket) with a closed list Côte d'Ivoire (party block voting in multi-member districts) Singapore (party block voting in multi-member
Closed_list
district magnitude ranging from 14 to 45, and through first-past-the-post voting in two single-member constituencies. South Korea uses the additional member
List of electoral systems by country
List_of_electoral_systems_by_country
Process by which a population chooses the holder of a public office
block voting are often used for at-large positions such as members of a city council. In a voting system that uses multiple votes (Plurality block voting)
Election
Mixed electoral system
proportional representation (PR). First-past-the-post voting alongside PR is a common pairing in parallel voting, but many other combinations are possible. The
Parallel_voting
Multi-member district in the U.S.
middle-level legislators. Election systems used included block voting, single transferable voting, limited voting and filling each seat in a separate contest using
Plural_district
Voting for candidates by the public
Representatives has been directly elected, using either first-past-the-post voting or ticket voting in plural district since its inception in 1789. The United States
Direct_election
Single-winner ranked-voting electoral system
ranked-vote systems. Unlike the contingent vote, other ranked-vote systems – such as single transferable voting (STV), instant-runoff voting (IRV), Coombs'
Contingent_vote
Selection of decision-makers by random sample
voters to study and vote on a public policy, while Deliberative opinion polling invites a random sample to deliberate together before voting on a policy. Andranik
Sortition
Electoral systems Scorporo Electoral threshold Plurality voting Mixed single vote Block voting Referendum List of Hungarian constituencies Alkotmányos
Electoral_system_of_Hungary
Federal or provincial electoral district in Canada
multi-member districts usually led to the use of plurality block voting but occasionally other forms of voting were used in the multi-seat districts. In the 1914
Electoral_district_(Canada)
Vote supporting only a single candidate
single-shot, or plump voting is when a voter supports only a single candidate, typically to show strong support for a single favorite. Every voting method that
Bullet_voting
Family of voting systems
Similarly, when FPTP is in single-member districts and used block voting (or party block voting) is used in multi-member districts, the system is referred
Mixed_electoral_system
Single-winner electoral system
runoff voting (SRV). The runoff step was introduced in an attempt to reduce strategic incentives in ordinary score voting, such as bullet voting and tactical
STAR_voting
included Block Voting, Single transferable voting, Limited voting and a system where each seat was filled through a separate contest. Limited voting usually
Elections_in_Canada
Election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office
members participated in the voting. From roughly 10,000 registered candidates, 78 were chosen via secret electronic voting from a short-list of 267. These
Primary_election
the chamber. In 1919, the voting system changed from first-past-the-post to preferential voting. The two-party-preferred vote (2PP) has been commonly used
Politics_of_Australia
Family of proportional election methods
approval voting, there are many different ways to decide which candidates will be elected. In approval block voting (also called unlimited voting), each
Multiwinner_approval_voting
through Block Voting. The government also composed the Medicine Hat as a two-member district. Each voter in the cities was given five votes, in Medicine
List of Alberta general elections
List_of_Alberta_general_elections
Electors of the U.S. president and vice president
result, it obscures any voting problems within a particular state. For example, if a particular state blocks some groups from voting, perhaps by voter suppression
United States Electoral College
United_States_Electoral_College
Electoral or law making voting system
Weighted voting are voting rules that grant some voters a greater influence than others (which contrasts with rules that assign every voter an equal vote). Such
Weighted_voting
Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system
Instant-runoff voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK/NZ: alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system
Instant-runoff_voting
Type of mixed electoral system
first-past-the-post vote and a list-PR vote. There are also examples for two-round system and list-PR (Lithuania) or party block voting and list-PR (Andorra)
Mixed-member majoritarian representation
Mixed-member_majoritarian_representation
Form of voting that allows delegation
Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence
Proxy_voting
Single-winner rated voting system
Score voting, sometimes called range voting, is an electoral system for single-seat elections. Voters give each candidate a numerical score, and the candidate
Score_voting
Collective decision-making procedure
Quadratic voting (QV) is a voting system that encourages voters to express their true relative intensity of preference (utility) between multiple options
Quadratic_voting
Representative subdivisions
plurality block voting (where voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled), list proportional representation, single transferable vote elections
Electoral_district
(preferential voting; ordinal voting) (allows vote transfers) score (cardinal voting) Decision rule No quotas Plurality (candidate or candidates with most votes wins
List_of_electoral_systems
Trade union linked with the British Labour Party
union exercised a block vote at party conferences; since then, multiple delegates of a single union get an equal share of its voting allocation. As of
Labour Party (UK) affiliated trade union
Labour_Party_(UK)_affiliated_trade_union
Type of mixed electoral system
Germany, citizens gave only one vote, so that voting for a representative automatically meant also voting for the representative's party, which is still
Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member_proportional_representation
Votes that do not impact an election
reduce wasted votes. Strategic voting, also known as tactical voting, is a voting behaviour that attempts to reduce the chance of a vote being wasted.
Wasted_vote
When two members are chosen, block voting is used -- each voter has two votes and the two candidates with the most votes are elected even if they do not
Electoral_system_of_Brazil
Comparative politics for electoral systems
methods to compare voting systems: Metrics of voter satisfaction, either through simulation or survey. Adherence to logical criteria. Voting methods can be
Comparison of electoral systems
Comparison_of_electoral_systems
Process of electing more than one winner in the same election / district
Each voter votes directly for one or more individual candidates. These systems include Plurality block voting and single non-transferable voting, adaptations
Multiwinner_voting
Electoral system used in some cities and states
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) can refer to one of several ranked voting methods used in some cities and states in the United States. The term is not strictly
Ranked-choice voting in the United States
Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States
Type of electoral system
Multi-member district Single transferable vote Party-list proportional representation Straight-ticket voting Group voting ticket "Proportional Representation
Party-list_system
Electoral district with one representative in a legislature
sizeable minority (or even a majority, in the case of plurality voting) of the electorate votes for candidates from other parties. This enables political parties
Single-member_district
Unicameral legislature of Mongolia
State Great Khural was made up of 76 seats, all elected by plurality block voting. After the ratification of the 1992 Constitution, which abolished the
State_Great_Khural
elected from each of the states and the Federal District using plurality block voting. The other third of the Senate was elected in 2022. All 513 members of
2026 Brazilian general election
2026_Brazilian_general_election
Form of political representation
Canada. The voting method in all such elections and multi-member wards today is plurality block voting. (In the past, single transferable voting (STV) was
At-large
Single-winner electoral system
Approval voting is a single-winner rated voting system where voters approve of any number of candidates named on a ballot, and the candidate with the most
Approval_voting
Class of electoral systems
the system sometimes came to operate like plurality block voting or single non-transferable voting. In two states, it was found to violate the state constitution
Bucklin_voting
Single-winner positional electoral system
candidate with the fewest votes against wins. Anti-plurality voting is an example of a positional voting method. Suppose Tennessee is holding an election on the
Anti-plurality_voting
Lower house of the New Jersey Legislature
elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts using plurality block voting for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations
New_Jersey_General_Assembly
electing more than two members were switched from plurality block voting to limited voting, which they used until 1885. The Ballot Act 1872 replaced open
Elections in the United Kingdom
Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom
Family of voting systems
included. Comparison of the Hare and Droop quotas General ticket (party block voting), a term usually given to less or non proportional equivalents Mixed-member
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list_proportional_representation
Point-based ranked voting system
respect, it is similar to other ranked voting systems such as instant-runoff voting, the single transferable vote or Condorcet methods. The integer-valued
Borda_count
Self-contradiction of majority rule
to be voted for. One important implication of the possible existence of the voting paradox in a practical situation is that in a paired voting process
Condorcet_paradox
Top-two primary election
where the first round is held on Election Day is known in the US as runoff voting or top-two runoff. The top-two system is used for all primaries in Washington
Nonpartisan_primary
Mixed electoral system with compensation
The alternative vote plus (AV+), or alternative vote top-up, is a semi-proportional voting system. AV+ was devised by the 1998 Jenkins Commission which
Alternative_vote_plus
Group of voters motivated by a common concern
each of these groups votes en bloc in elections. Bloc voting in the United States is particularly cohesive among Orthodox Jews. Voting blocs can be defined
Voting_bloc
Electoral systems with independent candidate ratings
Rated, evaluative, graded, or cardinal voting rules are a class of voting methods that allow voters to state how strongly they support a candidate, by
Rated_voting
Canadian municipal elections
directors are elected using plurality block voting, where each voter has the right to cast up to as many votes as there are seats to fill. Incumbents
2026 British Columbia municipal elections
2026_British_Columbia_municipal_elections
Single-winner electoral system
(/ˈʃʊltsə/), also known as the beatpath method, is a single winner ranked-choice voting rule developed by Markus Schulze. The Schulze method is a Condorcet completion
Schulze_method
British leadership election to replace Neil Kinnock
landslide victory with 91% of the vote. This was the last Labour Party leadership election which used the trade union block vote; the system was reformed under
1992 Labour Party leadership election
1992_Labour_Party_leadership_election
Election result affecting losing candidate
severity of spoiler effects depends substantially on the voting method. First-past-the-post voting without winnowing or primary elections[citation needed]
Spoiler_effect
Decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority
the majority rule is the plurality-rule family of voting rules, which includes ranked choice voting (RCV), two-round plurality, and first-preference plurality
Majority_rule
the Block Voting system used in Edmonton and Calgary, each city voter could vote for up to five candidates. Medicine Hat also used block voting. Voters
1921_Alberta_general_election
Method of ratifying amendments to the United States Constitution
and delegates are all elected using at-large statewide block voting; there is the option to vote straight-ticket but no write-in. In Florida, the governor
State_ratifying_conventions
Legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature
represented through multi-member districts, with members elected through block voting. The legislature has been unicameral since its establishment; there has
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan
Pairwise-comparison electoral system
the original on 2022-09-14. then the vote shall be performed using either a Condorcet voting system or a score voting system, as the participants shall decide
Condorcet_method
Class of ranked-choice electoral systems
Positional voting is a ranked voting electoral system in which the options or candidates receive points based on their rank position on each ballot and
Positional_voting
allocated using the d'Hondt method) and 136 seats elected by plurality block voting in 87 constituencies. The elections were originally set to be held on
2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election
2025_Venezuelan_parliamentary_election
Single-winner electoral system
votes from the number of approval votes. It is a cardinal system and a variant of score voting. It has also been referred to as dis&approval voting,
Combined_approval_voting
popular vote. But in the first presidential election in 1789, for example, some states used "open" list block voting; Maryland used block voting but had
United States presidential election
United_States_presidential_election
Partially compensatory electoral system
mixed-member majoritarian representation, parallel voting.[citation needed] Like in parallel voting, a party that can gerrymander local districts can win
Vote_linkage
Governing body in Alberta, Canada
elections with Block Voting; at-large elections using Single Transferable Voting (when the mayor was elected through Alternative Voting; and two different
Edmonton_City_Council
Municipal election in Iceland
councils in those municipalities will be elected using a form of plurality block voting were voters write in the names of their preferred candidates. The largest
2022 Icelandic municipal elections
2022_Icelandic_municipal_elections
Theorem in political science
Arrow. Similar median voter theorems exist for rules like score voting and approval voting when voters are either strategic and informed or if voters' ratings
Median_voter_theorem
Lower house of the New Hampshire General Court
candidates, in a ten-seat district, for up to ten candidates. Plurality block voting often results in one party winning all of the seats in the district,
New Hampshire House of Representatives
New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives
Change in an electoral system
transferable voting, a two-round system (runoff voting), instant-runoff voting (alternative voting, ranked-choice voting, or preferential voting), instant
Electoral_reform
Voting systems using paired comparisons
Round-robin, paired comparison, or tournament voting methods, are a set of ranked voting systems that choose winners by comparing every pair of candidates
Round-robin_voting
British politician (1938–1994)
Labour, abolishing the trade union block vote at Labour Party Conferences and replacing it with "one member, one vote" at the 1993 party conference. However
John Smith (Labour Party leader)
John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)
and three from the Camp constituency) through universal suffrage using block voting, with the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands acting as returning
2025 Falkland Islands general election
2025_Falkland_Islands_general_election
Method of holding two elections with one vote
to a plurality of votes) would be elected. Such systems have also been used in Latin America.[citation needed] Straight-ticket voting Uruguay Election
Double_simultaneous_vote
Way to distribute seats in a legislative body
the "voting place" or "administrative quantum" (for example, a municipality, a precinct, a polling district) traditionally designed for voting convenience
Apportionment_(politics)
Australian local elections
eight total councillors). No form of preferential voting is in place, with plurality block voting − also referred to as first-past-the-post by the ECQ
2028 Queensland local elections
2028_Queensland_local_elections
Canadian provincial election
of votes recorded exceeds the number of voters who voted due to the block voting system in use in BC's multi-member constituencies. Block voting also
1986 British Columbia general election
1986_British_Columbia_general_election
Type of constituency at the Hong Kong legislative assembly
returns three members by plurality block voting. The other FCs return one member each with first-past-the-post voting. A number of seats with restricted
Functional constituency (Hong Kong)
Functional_constituency_(Hong_Kong)
System of national at-large voting for the Congressional upper house
plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes being elected. The
Philippine_Senate_elections
Possible result of a UK local election
in part due to their usage of single transferable vote as opposed to the plurality block voting system used in England and Wales. Following the 2022
No_overall_control
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
Male
English
The Badger
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Boy/Male
German American English
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
Boy/Male
British, English
Lives at the Church Hill
Boy/Male
Hindu
Like Arjun
Girl/Female
Indian
Parvathi name bela+urmi
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Muslim
Beautiful; Pretty
Boy/Male
Biblical
There a singer or conqueror.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Powerful
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ilvika | ஈலà¯à®µà®¿à®•à®¾
Defending the earth
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Bengali, French, Hebrew, Indian
Good-looking; Sweet Friend; Pleasant
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Snowy Hill
Boy/Male
English
Burnt Meadow
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
BLOCK VOTING
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
v. t.
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
n.
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
a.
Having black eyes.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
n.
The striking of a clock.