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Poll pick

Poll \Poll\, n. [Akin to LG. polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. pol, polle, Dan. puld the crown of a hat.]

  1. The head; the back part of the head. ``All flaxen was his poll.''
    --Shak.

  2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals.

    We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands.
    --Shak.

    The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll.
    --Shak.

  3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election.

  4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll.

    All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended.
    --Blackstone.

  5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls.

  6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

  7. (Zo["o]l.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a) .

    Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an election.

    Poll evil (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck.

    Poll pick (Mining), a pole having a heavy spike on the end, forming a kind of crowbar.

    Poll tax, a tax levied by the head, or poll; a capitation tax.