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h did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. Sir T. North.

One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Bacon. (d) One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.

Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.

olor; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.

A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.

To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair. A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars. Milton.

To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regulate, as chief officer; as, to preside at a public meeting; to preside over the senate.

Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election.

species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. "And prink their hair with daisies." Cowper.

ge webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs.

Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest.

his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.

Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.

The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty.

A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.

Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants.

kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

llow (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; -- called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.