The man that polled but twelve pence for his head.
Dryden.
6. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll,
esp. for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
Polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those
of his three kingdoms.
Milton.
7. 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.
And poll for points of faith his trusty vote.
Tickell.
8. (Law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line
without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee&?; poll. Burrill.
To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer
individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been
rendered.
Poll, v. i. To vote at an election. Beaconsfield.
Pol"lack (?), n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool,
a sort of fish.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe
(Pollachius virens). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob,
lythe, and whiting pollack. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
Poll"age (?), n. A head or poll tax; hence, extortion. [Obs.] Foxe.
Pol"lan (?), n. [Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish.] (Zoˆl.) A lake
whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it
resembles a herring.
Pol"lard (?), n. [From Poll the head.] 1. A tree having its top cut off
at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. Pennant.