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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.