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A parrot; -- familiarly so called. |
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One who does not try for honors, but is content to take a
degree merely; a passman. |
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The head; the back part of the head. |
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A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads
or individuals. |
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Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may
vote in an election. |
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The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors;
as, the close of the poll. |
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The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to
the polls. |
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The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax. |
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The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a). |
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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. |
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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. |
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To extort from; to plunder; to strip. |
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To impose a tax upon. |
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To pay as one's personal tax. |
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To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to
enroll, esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. |
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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. |
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To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line
without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll. |
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To vote at an election. |
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