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.
Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Polling.] 1. 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.
When he [Absalom] pollled his head.