From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poll tax
n 1: a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a
requirement for the right to vote
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