poll book

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poll book - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of
        heads or individuals.
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              We are the greater poll, and in true fear
              They gave us our demands.             --Shak.
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              The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life,
              amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak.
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     3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who
        may vote in an election.
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     4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered
        electors; as, the close of the poll.
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              All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . .
              and not to return till one day after the poll is
              ended.                                --Blackstone.
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     5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to
        go to the polls.
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     6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.
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     7. (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3
        (a) .
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     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.
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