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pol·lard

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–noun

1.	a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.

2.	an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to convert into a pollard.

[Origin: 1515–25; poll¹ + -ard

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pol·lard Audio Help (pŏl'ərd) Pronunciation Key
n.

A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots.
An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns.

tr.v. pol·lard·ed, pol·lard·ing, pol·lards
To convert or make into a pollard.

[From poll.]

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pollard
noun
1.	a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
2.	a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
verb
1.	convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll]

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Pollard, AR (town, FIPS 56600) Location: 36.43073 N, 90.26620 W
Population (1990): 229 (112 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72456

Pollard, AL (town, FIPS 61536) Location: 31.02253 N, 87.17243 W
Population (1990): 100 (50 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Pollard

Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard.] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

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Pollard

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.

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