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Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles; as, the poling of beans; the poling of a boat.

The language of the Poles.

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.

A poleax. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle.

Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also Polonese.]

ndry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus. [Spelt also poley.] Poly mountain. See Poly-mountain, in Vocabulary.

The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. Kane.

The art or practice of making portraits. Walpole.

f electricity which is developed when glass is rubbed with silk, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery attached to the plate that is not attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called vitreous electricity; -- opposed to Ant: negative electricity. -- Positive eyepiece. See under Eyepiece. -- Positive…

l pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. -- Pouched gopher, or Pouched rat. (Zoöl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Pouched mouse. (Zoöl.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.

Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]

Same as Semé. Walpole.

A ropedancer's balancing pole. Johnson.

Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.

Somewhat pretty. Walpole.

uced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India. -- Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm (Bactris Plumierana), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. -- Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant (Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, clim…

Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate. Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid. -- Prolate ellipsoid or spheroid (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See Ellipsoid of rev…

A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.] Pry pole, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing the windlass.