Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Poll. 2. (n.) The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges. 3. (n.) Plunder, or extortion. 4. (n.) The act of voting, or of registering a vote.

Multi-Version Concordance Polling (1 Occurrence) 2 Samuel 14:26 and in his polling his head -- and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth 'it', for it 'is' heavy on him, and he hath polled it -- he hath even weighed out the hair of his head -- two hundred shekels by the king's weight. (YLT)