Defn: One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Bacon. (d) One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.
POLLEX
Pol"lex, n.; pl. Pollices. Etym: [L., the thumb.] (Anat.)
Defn: The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing.
POLLICATE
Pol"li*cate, a. Etym: [L. pollex, pollicis, a thumb.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; — said of insects.
POLLICITATION Pol*lic`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. pollicitatio, fr. pollicitari to promise, v. intens. fr. polliceri to promise: cf. F. pollicitation.]
1. A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Roman Law)
Defn: A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made. Bouvier.
POLLINATE
Pol"li*nate, a. (Zoöl.)