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单词 unpolled
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unpolledadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpəʊld/, U.S. /ˌənˈpoʊld/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and polled adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, polled adj.1; un- prefix1, poll v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < un- prefix1 + polled adj.1, and partly (in sense 2b) < un- prefix1 + poll v. + -ed suffix1.
1.
a. Of a person or animal: having hair that has not been cut short; not cropped or shaved. Of hair: uncut, not cropped. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > cut short > not
unevesed?14..
undressed1445
unshornc1449
unpiked1542
unnotched1557
untewed1591
unpolled1605
unscissored1633
unsheared1707
unbarbered1846
untonsured1855
1605 H. Broughton Replie vpon R. R. F. T. Winton 48 His owne side betrayd, the other side made victours by him..: as though he were a Samson vnpolled.
1635 J. Jones Adrasta iv. 57 You unpoll'd Stoick, 'tis time you had the curtesie of my Razer.., sit downe, and make your Beard ready for dissection.
1692 J. Edwards Enq. Four Remarkable Texts New Test. 94 The Grecian Men kept their hair uncut and unpoll'd, and were very vain and wanton in dressing it.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Unpolled, the hair being uncut.
1862 J. G. Edgar Memorable Events Mod. Hist. i. 1 His..long, unpolled hair..marked his claims to a descent from Scandinavian deities.
1883 W. C. Smith North Country Folk 37 My little Nazarite..With..hair unpolled; And I felt he would be my Samson yet.
1902 G. Wilkins in Fifth Bk. Moses Notes 126 The hair was left unpolled (uncut) as a mark of beauty and vigour..or of a warrior-vow.
1917 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IX. 259/2 The important thing to bear in mind is that the hair, whether it is cut off or remains unpolled, is part of the personality of the individual.
b. Of a tree: not pollarded. Also figurative.
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1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 395 Stand is also a young tree, unpolled.
1835 E. S. Wortley Travelling Sketches 17 Stems of Pride (allowed to aspire Unpolled, unpruned..in triumph higher and higher).
1914 L. A. Talbot Jehane of Forest xvii. 230 Upon the river-bank..a row of willows grew, great unpolled trees.
1988 J. Purseglove Taming Flood v. 104 Unpolled willows split and are finally felled.
c. Of a domestic animal, esp. a cow: horned; not dehorned; belonging to a horned breed.
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1884 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 25 Apr. 2/7 They [sc. polled cattle] sell at 5s a cwt better than unpolled cattle.
1956 Times 3 Mar. 7/4 Herds of unpolled cattle..chewing the cud in the shade of great, wastefully sprawling elm trees.
1960 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 Sept. 25/4 Unpolled cow at right in photo above looks almost as proud as her handler.
2005 A. Templeton Cold in Earth (2006) vii. 86 He was..a hard man whose daily business was handling the dangerous unpolled cattle of the Chapelton herd.
2.
a. Untold, uncounted. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > not numbered or reckoned
un-i-rimeOE
untoldc1000
un-i-rimedOE
unnumbereda1382
unsummeda1400
innumered1471
uncounteda1500
unpolled1652
unreckoned1690
unenumerated1799
1652 R. Fanshawe tr. Horace Odes iii. xxiv, in Sel. Parts Horace 41 Though richer then unpoll'd Arabian wealth, and Indian Gold.
b. Of a voter or his or her vote: not registered, cast, or counted in a poll. Also in later use: not included in an opinion poll. Cf. polled adj.1 6.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [adjective] > not recorded at the poll
unpolled1701
1701 Lists Liveries 56 Companies London (table) Names unpoll'd.
1705 J. Dyer Let. 24 May in Coll. from Dyer's Lett. 10 At this Election..Mr. Shuttleworth left 200 unpoll'd.
1784 J. Hartley Hist. Westm. Election 320 From the number of unpolled votes, there is not a doubt but Mr. Fox will have a decided majority.
1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. I. 134 There were upwards of a thousand freeholders unpolled.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiii. 127 Fourteen unpolled electors.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 6/1 There has always in this constituency been a wide margin of unpolled voters.
1950 Public Opinion Q. 14 732/1 Identical postcards were then mailed again to the unpolled remainder after the first day's polling.
1991 Parl. Hist. 10 97 Liddell's committee and agents had kept back some 300 unpolled voters..in the hope that..these votes might be transferred to Beaumont.
2004 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 31 Oct. a12/2 Young voters who used cell phones as home phones were unpolled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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