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P — Pointer to Porphyry (Part 5 of 11)

Poll, n.

    1. Head
    2. Person, individual.
    3. Catalogue of heads, catalogue of persons.
    4. Club, cheven, pollard.

Poll, v. a.

    1. Lop, clip, shear, cut closely, mow, crop.
    2. Enumerate, enroll.
    3. Pay.
    4. Register, give, deposit (as a vote).

Poll, n. Parrot.

Polliwig, Polliwog, n. Tadpole.

Poll-tax, n. Capitation tax, poll-money, poll-silver.

Pollute, v. a.

    1. Defile, soil, taint, make foul, make unclean.
    2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison, impair, taint, pervert, tarnish, stain.
    3. Desecrate, profane.
    4. Violate, debauch, dishonor, ravish, abuse, defile, deflower.

Pollution, n.

    1. Defilement, contamination, foulness, taint, impurity, uncleanness, abomination, pollutedness, vitiation, corruption.
    2. Violation, debauchment, ravishment.