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poll I. \ˈpōl\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pol, polle, from Middle Low German, head, top; probably akin to Latin bulla bubble, Late Greek bylla stuffed things, Lithuanian bulis buttocks 1. a. : head I 1 < set his hat back on his poll — Bryan MacMahon > < scratching his poll — C.G.Glover > b. obsolete : skull I 1 2. : a unit or an individual in a number < a tax of forty pounds … per poll to support the church — American Guide Series: Maryland > 3. a. (1) : the hair-covered back and top of the human head < all flaxen was his poll — Skak. > < close-cropped polls — T.B.Costain > (2) : the region between the ears of some quadrupeds — see cow illustration b. obsolete : crown 3a(1) c. : nape I < pierced his neck from throat to poll — Thomas Hobbes > 4. : the broad or flat end of a hammer or similar tool 5. a. (1) : the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons : the voting at an election < on the eve of the poll — Canadian Forum > (2) : a counting of votes cast (as in an election) b. : the place where votes are cast or recorded — usually used in plural < at the polls, a voter … votes the ticket of his choice — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < as the voter leaves the polls > c. : the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election < the poll at the … universities is restricted to five days — T.E.May > d. : the numerical result of the counting of votes cast : the total number of votes recorded < a heavy poll > < elected to Congress at the head of the poll — C.G.Bowers > < topped the popularity poll — Myles McSweeney > < the poll was low — Blackwood's > 6. obsolete : a counting of heads : census 7. : poll tax < an act for raising money by a poll — London Gazette > 8. : the crown of a hat or cap 9. a. : a questioning or canvassing or persons usually selected at random or by quota from various groups for obtaining information or opinions especially to be analyzed < what a poll gains in extensiveness it loses in intensiveness — L.W.Doob > b. : a record of the information obtained in such a poll < his position has shifted in popularity polls — John Mason Brown > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English pollen, from pol, polle, n. transitive verb 1. a. : to cut off or cut short the hair or wool of : clip, crop, shear < poll a man > < poll a man's head > < poll sheep > b. : to cut off or cut short (as hair or wool) 2. archaic : to plunder by or as if by excessive taxation : practice extortion on : despoil, fleece, rob < the prince doth too much poll his subjects with heavy tributes — George Wharton > 3. a. : to cut off the head or top of (as a tree or plant); specifically : pollard 1 b. : to cutt off or cut short the horns of (cattle) 4. a. : to receive and record the votes of < the first … election to poll the newly enfranchised women voters — Marion Wilhelm > b. (1) : to call on each member of (as a jury) to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict rendered (2) : to request each member of (as a delegation at a convention) to declare his vote individually 5. : to cut even without indentation — compare deed poll 6. obsolete : to count the heads of (as a group of persons) : enumerate 7. : to receive (as votes) in or as if in an election < his party … polled nearly twelve and a half million votes — Douglas Stuart > < polled … 30 to 40 percent of the general election vote — V.O.Key > 8. : to question or canvass in a poll < 70 percent of those polled > < poll attitudes on public issues > < polled members of the delegation > intransitive verb : to cast one's vote in a poll : vote at an election < a million Liberal voters polled for Conservative candidates — Contemporary Review > III. adjective Etymology: probably short for polled, past participle of poll (II) : polled rather than indented — used of a legal document; compare deed poll IV. noun (-s) Etymology: probably from obsolete English poll, adjective, naturally hornless, short for English polled (I) : a polled animal < a Scotch poll > V. \ˈpäl, ˈpȯl\ noun (-s) Etymology: from Poll, alteration of Moll, nickname for Mary : poll parrot VI. \ˈpäl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Greek polloi many, plural of polys much — more at poly- 1. : a group of students (as at Cambridge University) taking a pass degree rather than honors 2. or poll degree : a pass or ordinary degree (as at Cambridge) : a degree without honors VII. transitive verb : to test (as several computer terminals sharing a single line) in sequence for messages to be transmitted |