Talk:poll

Pronunciation (homographs)

It appears that a 'poll' as in a parrot has a 'dog' sound.zigzig20s 18:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's an abbreviation of Polly, but perhaps that definition should be at Poll. Kappa 02:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Poll: Lacking horns

in Agriculture, poll indicates lacking horns - see article on wikipedia, Poll Merino.

Not sure of how to add meanings etc to wiktionary.

Wikipedia user: GarrieIrons. 203.102.161.75 02:37, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks, I've added that sense: [1] Kappa 02:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Poll: part of head

Horses and cattle have a poll, essentially the crown of their heads. See this. I am not sure under which etymology to add this. --66.167.43.138 01:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Needs adjective reference

I noticed that this definition lacks a reference to the adjective form "polled", meaning: livestock (esp. cattle) that are hornless.

Additionally, this could be cross-referenced to the Wiktionary definition for "muley", which is an archaic synonym for "polled". Saukkomies 13:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

(deprecated template usage) Polled is just the past participle of the verb (deprecated template usage) poll. All participles can be used attributively, which is just one use of adjectives.

To show it as a true adjective we would need to see usage of it showing it as gradable ("too polled", "very polled"), comparable {"more polled than"), or usable as a predicate after a copulative verb ("become polled"). Are you familiar with such usage? DCDuring TALK 19:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

RFC discussion: January 2007–December 2010

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poll

(from RFV) The sense "hair" - this has a citation so seems OK, but is it under the right etymology? — Paul G 10:13, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

That's not a simple question to answer. The OED etymologies for poll are convoluted in the extreme. Appparently there were once several words spelled "poll" in various senses and origins; these led to several derived terms; these then collapsed back into the form poll, but the details are complicated. We're also missing many, many definitions of this word. Note that the Poll page is currently a redirect to poll. --EncycloPetey 16:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

The poll tax article at Wikipedia mentions that "poll" once meant "head". It seems like a bit of a stretch to say that Stephenson meant "head" in this cite, but to me it clouds the "hair" definition a bit. Afiler 16:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Someone has dealt with this, so that the "hair" sense is under the "hair" etymology. — Beobach 21:22, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

RFV discussion: April 2011–January 2012

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Adjective: (of livestock) bred without horns (when horned is normal for the breed).

Quite plausible, but no citations and not found in OneLook dictionaries or in Century. Possibly to be found collocating within a word or two of cattle or cattle breeds. DCDuring TALK 19:13, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Two cites added, although I'm finding Poll with a cap and Polled. A capitalised Poll is very common as part of a breed name, such as Poll Hereford and Poll Angus.--Dmol 20:11, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I think "polled" means that the natural horns were removed by polling vs. "poll" meaning they don't normally grow for the breed. Now that I think of it, the inclusion in a breed name should count, especially if there is a cite that defines the breed as hornless. DCDuring TALK 21:52, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the citations in the entry (by this sense) are durably archived. However, durable citations probably exist of breed names. - -sche (discuss) 03:20, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Passed, with one three quotations and two links to widely-discussed breeds (Red Poll and Poll Hereford). - -sche (discuss) 01:29, 30 January 2012 (UTC) - -sche (discuss) 01:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)