Definition of poll

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Poll (v. t.) 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..

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Coalfish :: Coalfish (n.) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock..
Gymnogen :: Gymnogen (n.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm..
Fovilla :: Fovilla (n.) One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
Poll :: Poll (n.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a)..
Entomophilous :: Entomophilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
Colossus :: Colossus (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes..
Pollicate :: Pollicate (a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.
Contaminate :: Contaminate (a.) Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.
Wind-fertilized :: Wind-fertilized (a.) Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
Allogamy :: Allogamy (n.) Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
Polly :: Polly (n.) A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot..
Apollinaris Water :: Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..
Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural..
Autogamy :: Autogamy (n.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon..
Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities..
Polliwig :: Polliwig (n.) Alt. of Polliwo.
Farina :: Farina (n.) Pollen.
Pollenarious :: Pollenarious (a.) Consisting of meal or pollen.
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