Noun
the counting of votes (as in an election)

Noun
a tame parrot

Noun
the part of the head between the ears

Noun
the top of the head

Noun
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

Verb
convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"

Verb
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

Verb
get the votes of

Verb
vote in an election at a polling station

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n.
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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

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

n.
A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.

n.
Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

n.
The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.

n.
The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.

n.
The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

n.
The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a).

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.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

v. t.
To impose a tax upon.

v. t.
To pay as one's personal tax.

v. t.
To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll.

v. i.
To vote at an election.

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Poll

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

Poll

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

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. 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.

The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll.

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.

5. pl. 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. (Zo'94l.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a). 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.

Poll

Poll, v. t. [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.

His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs.

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.

3. To extort from; to plunder; to strip. [Obs.]

Which polls and pills the poor in piteous wise.

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.

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.

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.

8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee poll. Burrill. 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.

Poll

Poll, v. i. To vote at an election. Beaconsfield.

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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

The head; the back part of the head.

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.

To vote at an election.