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ˈpoll-ˌevil
Also 7–8 pole-evil.
[f. poll n.1 + evil n. 7 a.]
An inflamed or ulcerous sore between the ligament of the neck of a horse and the atlas or first bone of the neck. Also † fig., an obsession with elections.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 280 The Poll evill..is a disease like a Fistula growing betwixt the ears [of a horse] and the poll or nape of the neck. 1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1883/4 She hath the Pole-Evil, and there are white Spots in the place. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece iii. 451 To cure the Poll-Evil, and swell'd Neck from bleeding. 1755Pennsylvania Gaz. 14 Aug. 3/2 They took with them a large bay horse, that has the pole-evil. 1794J. Byng Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 76 Sir G. at present is plagued by the pollevil—reverting to the past election with all the possibilities of a future one. 1831Youatt Horse 153 Now comes the whole art of treating the poll-evil. 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xxvi. 565, I..reined up my horse suddenly and again butted him in the back of the head, at the imminent risk of giving us both the poll-evil. 1970Miller & West Black's Vet. Dict. (ed. 9) 730/2 ‘Poll evil’ is an old, colloquial name sometimes incorrectly applied to any swelling in the poll region. |