'Poll book' definitions:

Definition of 'Poll book'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A number or aggregate of heads; a list or register of heads or individuals. [1913 Webster]
  • We are the greater poll, and in true fear They gave us our demands. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The muster file, rotten and sound, upon my life, amounts not to fifteen thousand poll. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The casting or recording of the votes of registered electors; as, the close of the poll. [1913 Webster]
  • All soldiers quartered in place are to remove . . . and not to return till one day after the poll is ended. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. pl. The place where the votes are cast or recorded; as, to go to the polls. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The broad end of a hammer; the but of an ax. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Zool.) The European chub. See Pollard, 3 (a) . [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]