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(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

(v. i.) To vote at an election.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(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.

(6):

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

(7):

(v. t.) To impose a tax upon.

(8):

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

(9):

(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.

(10):

(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.

(11):

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

(12):

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

(13):

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

(14):

(n.) A parrot; - familiarly so called.

(15):

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

(16):

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

(17):

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

(18):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poll'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/poll.html. 1828.
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