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Definition of Poll
| n. | 1. | A parrot; - familiarly so called. | | 1. | One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. | | 1. | The head; the back part of the head. | | 2. | A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals. | | 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. | | 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. | (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a). | | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 3. | To extort from; to plunder; to strip. | | 4. | To impose a tax upon. | | 5. | To pay as one's personal tax. | | 6. | To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. | | 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. | | 8. | (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee poll. | | v. i. | 1. | To vote at an election. |
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