[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      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
see also:
pollard poll book poll evil poll pick poll tax 

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