the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Poll
Webster's Dictionary
or (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.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poll'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/poll.html. 1828.
