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unˈpolled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Uncut, unshorn.
1647Hexham 1, Vnpowled, ongeschoren. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Unpolled, the hair being uncut.
†2. Untold, uncounted. Obs.
1647Fanshaw Poems 299 Though richer then unpoll'd Arabian wealth, and Indian Gold.
3. Not brought to, or recorded at, the poll; not having voted at an election.
1818Todd, Unpolled, not registered as a voter. 1824Hook Sayings & Doings I. 134 There were upwards of a thousand freeholders unpolled. 1837Dickens Pickw. xiii, Fourteen unpolled electors. 1893Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 6/1 There has always in this constituency been a wide margin of unpolled voters. |