poll

n. [ From Polly, The proper name. ] A parrot; -- familiarly so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the many, the rabble. ] One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. [ Cambridge Univ., Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are the greater poll, and in true fear
They gave us our demands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll. [ 1913 Webster ]

All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To vote at an election. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish. ] (Zool.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish. ] (Zool.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Poll the head. ] 1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A fish, the chub. (b) A stag that has cast its antlers. (c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep). [ 1913 Webster ]