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A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

A bailiff's assistant.

A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak.

See Clodpoll. [Obs.] Shak.

distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.

upid person; a fool; a blockhead. Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer.

Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.

Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.

With equal power. Barrow.

The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence. [R.] Coventry.

An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.

f the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.

Not polled. Specifically:

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

lly vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

To commit adultery; to pollute. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.

Devoid of ambition. Pollok.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.