Pole"wards (?), adv. Toward a pole of the earth. "The regions further
polewards." Whewell.
Pole"wig (?), n. [Cf. Polliwig.] (Zoˆl.) The European spotted goby
(Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait. [Prov. Eng.]
Po"ley (?), n. (Bot.) See Poly.
Po"ley, a. Without horns; polled. [Prov. Eng.] "That poley heifer." H.
Kingsley.
Po"li*a*nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; to become gray.] (Min.) Manganese
dioxide, occurring in tetragonal crystals nearly as hard as quartz.
Pol"i*cate (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Same as Pollicate.
Po*lice" (?), n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state,
government, administration, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be a citizen, to govern
or administer a state, fr. &?; citizen, fr. &?; city; akin to Skr. pur,
puri. Cf. Policy polity, Polity.] 1. A judicial and executive system,
for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation
of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of
the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and
regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal
regulation of a state.
3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district,
whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the
prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.
4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve
civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state &?; a camp as to
cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board,
commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and
discipline of the police. -- Police constable, or Police officer, a
policeman. -- Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police. -- Police inspector, an officer of police ranking
next below a superintendent. -- Police jury, a body of officers who
collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as
levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. Bouvier. -- Police
justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police court. -- Police
offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of
which a police court may have final jurisdiction. -- Police station,
the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place
where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested
persons.
Po*lice", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Policed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Policing.]
1. To keep in order by police.