3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poll  \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.  --2  Sam.  xiv. 
  26. 
 
  His  death  did  so  grieve  them  that  they  polled 
  themselves;  they  clipped  off  their  horse  and  mule's 
  hairs.  --Sir  T. 
  North. 
 
  2.  To  cut  off  to  remove  by  clipping,  shearing,  etc.;  to  mow 
  or  crop;  --  sometimes  with  off  as  to  poll  the  hair;  to 
  poll  wool;  to  poll  grass. 
 
  Who  as  he  polled  off  his  dart's  head,  so  sure  he 
  had  decreed  That  all  the  counsels  of  their  war  he 
  would  poll  off  like  it  --Chapman. 
 
  3.  To  extort  from  to  plunder;  to  strip.  [Obs.] 
 
  Which  polls  and  pills  the  poor  in  piteous  wise. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  4.  To  impose  a  tax  upon  [Obs.] 
 
  5.  To  pay  as  one's  personal  tax. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polling  \Poll"ing\,  n.  [See  {Poll}  the  head.] 
  1.  The  act  of  topping,  lopping,  or  cropping,  as  trees  or 
  hedges. 
 
  2.  Plunder,  or  extortion.  [Obs.]  --E.  Hall. 
 
  3.  The  act  of  voting,  or  of  registering  a  vote. 
 
  {Polling  booth},  a  temporary  structure  where  the  voting  at  an 
  election  is  done  a  polling  place 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  polling 
 
  {poll} 
 
 

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