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Poll, strictly the head, in men or
animals. Skeat connects the word with O. Swed. kolle
(initial p and k being interchangeable) and
considers a Celtic origin probable; cf. Irish colt, Welsh
col, peak, summit. "Poll" is chiefly used in various
senses derived from that of a unit in an enumeration of persons or
things, e.g. poll-tax(q.v), or "challenge to the
polls" in the case of a jury (q.v). ' The most familiar
derivative uses are those connected with voting at parliamentary or
other elections; thus "to poll" is to vote or to secure a number of
votes, and "the poll," the voting, the number of votes cast, or the
time during which voting takes place. The verb "to poll" also means
to clip or shear the top of anything, hence "polled" of hornless
cattle, or "poll" (i.e. a deed with smooth or unindented
edges, as distinguished from an "indenture"). A tree which has been
"polled," or cut back close in order to induce it to make short
bushy growth, is called a "pollard." At the university of
Cambridge, a "pass" degree is known as a "poll-degree." This is
generally explained as from the Greek of *****, the many, the
common people.
POLL, strictly the head, in men or animals. Skeat connects the word with O. Swed. kolle (initial p and k being interchangeable) and considers a Celtic origin probable; cf. Irish colt, Welsh col, peak, summit. "Poll" is chiefly used in various senses derived from that of a unit in an enumeration of persons or things, e.g. poll-tax, or "challenge to the polls" in the case of a jury. ' The most familiar derivative uses are those connected with voting at parliamentary or other elections; thus "to poll" is to vote or to secure a number of votes, and "the poll," the voting, the number of votes cast, or the time during which voting takes place. The verb "to poll" also means to clip or shear the top of anything, hence "polled" of hornless cattle, or "deed-poll" (i.e. a deed with smooth or unindented edges, as distinguished from an "indenture"). A tree which has been "polled," or cut back close in order to induce it to make short bushy growth, is called a "pollard." At the university of Cambridge, a "pass" degree is known as a "poll-degree." This is generally explained as from the Greek of roXXot, the many, the common people.
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