Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of
      heads or individuals.

            We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave
            us our demands.                       --Shak.

            The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life,
            amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak.

   3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who
      may vote in an election.

   4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered
      electors; as, the close of the poll.

            All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . .
            and not to return till one day after the poll is
            ended.                                --Blackstone.

   5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to
      go to the polls.

   6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax.

   7. (Zo["o]l.) The European chub. See {Pollard}, 3
      (a) .

   {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.