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Poll (?), n. [From Polly, The proper name.] A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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Poll, n. [Gr. the many, the rabble.] One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. [Cambridge Univ., Eng.]
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Poll (?), n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.]
1. The head; the back part of the head. “All flaxen was his poll.” Shak.
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2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
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We are the greater poll, and in true fear
They gave us our demands. Shak.
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The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. Shak.
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3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
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4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, “the close of the poll”.
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All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. Blackstone.
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5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, “to go to the polls”.
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6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
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7. (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).
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Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an election. -- Poll evil (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck. -- Poll pick (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end, forming a kind of crowbar. -- Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation tax.
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Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Polling.]
1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, “to poll the head; to poll a tree.”
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When he [Absalom] pollled his head. 2 Sam. xiv. 26.
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His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. Sir T. North.
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2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, “to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass.”
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Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he had decreed
That all the counsels of their war he would poll off like it. Chapman.
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3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.]
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Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise. Spenser.
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4. To impose a tax upon. [Obs.]
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5. To pay as one's personal tax.
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The man that polled but twelve pence for his head. Dryden.
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6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
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Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms. Milton.
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7. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, “he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent”.
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And poll for points of faith his trusty vote. Tickell.
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8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, “a polled deed”. See Dee poll. Burrill.
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To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.
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Poll, v. i. To vote at an election. Beaconsfield.
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