Poll — Defs

01 n. A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

02 n. One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

1.
One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.[Cambridge Univ., Eng.]

03 n. The head; the back part of the head.

1.
The head; the back part of the head.
2.
A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.
“We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands.” — Shak.

“The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll.” — Shak.
3.
Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.
4.
The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.
“All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended.” — Blackstone.
5.
The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.
6.
The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
7.
The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).(Zool.) See: Pollard

Phrases & compounds

Poll book — a register of persons entitled to vote at an election.

Poll evil — an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck.

Poll pick — 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.

04 v. t. 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.

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.
“When he [Absalom] pollled his head.” — 2 Sam. xiv. 26.

“His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs.” — Sir T. North.
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.
“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.
3.
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.[Obs.]
“Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise.” — Spenser.
4.
To impose a tax upon.[Obs.]
5.
To pay as one's personal tax.
“The man that polled but twelve pence for his head.” — Dryden.
6.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
“Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms.” — Milton.
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.
“And poll for points of faith his trusty vote.” — Tickell.
8.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee� poll.(Law) See: Dee� poll

Phrases & compounds

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.

05 v. i. To vote at an election.