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Poll \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 \Poll\, n. [From Polly, The proper name.]
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
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Poll \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 \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 \Poll\, v. i.
To vote at an election. --Beaconsfield.
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