pollex 
prtus polllciB *ee exteiuor. Extensor secundl in- 
ternodll pollicls. see nOeiuor. - Flexor longus pol- 
llds. Sir flexor. Pollex pedls, tbe nallux. 
pollical (pol'i-kal), a. [< L. piillfj (Millie-), 
thumb, 4- -/.] "Of or pertaining to the pol- 
lex: as, the pollical muscles. pint pollical ex- 
tensor. Sam*. 1 as extensor ouu metoxarpi poUicit See 
eztentor. Second pollical extensor. Same as extensor 
primi internodii poUicu. See extetuor. Third pollical 
extensor. Same a acttiuor tecuiuii internodii pollicit. 
, . 
Pollicata (pol-i-ka'Ui), n. ]>l. [NL., neiit. pi. of 
/inllica tax: see pollicate.'] In Illiger's classifi- 
cation (1811), the second order of mammals, con- 
taining those with apposable thumbs, consist- 
ing chiefly of the quadrumanous quadrupeds, 
but including also most of the marsupials. 
pollicate (poT'i-kat), a. [< NL. pollicaliis, < L. 
pollex (polite-), the thumb: seepoMcx.] Having 
thumbs ; specifically, of or pertaining to the 
Pollirata. 
pollices, ". Plural of pollex. 
polliciet, it. An obsolete form of policy 1 . 
pollicitation (po-lis-i-ta'shon), n. [= F. polli- 
citation = Sp. policitarion = Pg. pollicitaySo = 
It. pollicitazione ; < L. pollicitatio(n-), a prom- 
ising, < pollicituri, promise, < polliceri, hold 
forth, promise, < par-, forth,-!- liceri, bid for, of- 
fer.] 1. A promise; a voluntary engagement; 
also, a paper containing such an engagement. 
It seems he granted this following pollicitation or prom- 
ise. Herbert, Hist Reign Hen. VIII., p. 220. (.Latham.) 
2. In cicil lair, a promise without mutuality ; a 
promise not yet accepted by the person to whom 
it. is made. As a general rule, such a promise could be 
revoked at any time before it was accepted, but a vow 
made in favor of a public or religious object wan irrevoca- 
ble from the moment it was made. Tills principle has 
been reaffirmed by the canon law. In some cases the 
promiser could be released from the effect of his vow by 
paying a fifth part of his property. 
polligar, n. See poliyar. 
pollinar (pol'i-nar), a. [< LL. pollinaris (L. 
poUiitarius), belonging to fine flour, < L. pollen 
(pallia-), fine flour (NL. pollen): nee pollen.] In 
fro*., covered with a very fine dust resembling 
pollen. 
pollinarium (pol-i-na'ri-um), n. [NL.. < pollen 
(pollin-), pollen (see pollen), + -ariuni.] In 
hot.: (n) In phanerogams, same as pollinium. 
(b) In cryptogams, same as cystidium. 
pollinate (pol'i-nat), v. t.; pret. and pp. polli- 
nated, ppr. pollinating. [< L. pollen (pollin-), 
fine flour (NL. pollen), -r -tite^.] In Int., to 
convey pollen to the stigma of; pollenize. See 
pollination. 
pollinated (pol'i-na-ted), o. [(pollinate + -erf 2 .] 
In !>'>>.. supplied with pollen : said of anthers. 
pollination (pol-i-ua'snon), M. [= F. pollina- 
tion; as pollinate + -ion.] 1. In hot., the sup- 
plying of pollen to the part of the female organ 
prepared to receive it, preliminary to fertiliza- 
tion. See pollen-tube. 
By pollination is meant the conveyance of the pollen 
from the anthers to the stigma of Angiosperms or to the 
nucleus of Gymnospenns. Sochi, Botany (trans.), p. l.li. 
2. The fertilization of plants by the agency of 
insects that carry pollen from one flower to an- 
other. 
pollinctor (po-lingk'tpr), n. [L., < pollingerc, 
pp. pollinctitM, wash and prepare a corpse for the 
funeral pile.] One who prepares materials for 
embalming the dead. 
The Egyptians had these several persons belonging to 
and employed In embalming, each performing a distinct 
and separate office : vli , a designer or painter, a dissector 
or anatomist, a pollinctar or apothecary, an embalmer or 
surgeon, and a physician or priest. 
OnenhiU. Art of Embalming, p. 177. (Latham.) 
polling-booth (po'ling-bOth), n. See booth. 
polling-pencet, n. Same as poU-tax. 
polling-place (po'ling-plas), n. Aplacein which 
vot :. art- taken and recorded at an election. 
polling-sheriff (po'ling-sher'if), M. InScotland, 
the presiding officer at a polling-place. 
polling-station (po'ling-sta'shon), a. Sameas 
polliinf-pliice. 
pollinia, n. Plural \>t pollinium. 
pollinic (po-lin'ik), a. [< pallia ( piillin-) + 
-if.] Of or pertaining to pollen, or concerned 
with its conveyance from anther to stigma. /.'. 
Bentlry, Botany, p. 765 __ Pollinic chamber. f*ame 
as pnUm-chambcr. 
polliniferous (pol-i-nif'e-nis), o. [= P. nolli- 
nifi i'i- = Pg. )>olliifero,<. NL. pollen (pltii<-\, 
pollen, + L. ferrc = E. bear 1 .] 1. Producing 
or containing pollen. 2. Bearing pollen : ap- 
plied in zofllogy to the brushes, plates, etc., by 
whii-h in*,-. -Is gather or transport pollen, 
pollinigerous (pol-i-nij'e-ruB), a. [< NL. /.../- 
tin. ]ollrn. + ],. gtrere, <-arry.] 1. Fitted for 
4598 
collecting and carrying pollen ; polliniferous. 
2. Collecting and cam-ing pollen: a term ap- 
plied to bees which collect pollen for tbe sus- 
tenance of their young. 
pollinium (po-liu'i-um), n.; pi. pollinia (-&). 
[NL., < pollen (pollin-), pollen : see pollen.'] 'In 
hot., an agglutinated mass or body of pollen- 
grains, composed of all the grains of an anther- 
cell. A pollinium Is especially characteristic of the fam- 
ilies Asclepiadace and Otchidtee, and is an adaptation for 
crofts-fertilization by insect aid. Also called pollen-man, 
pollinarium. 
pollinivorous (pol-i-niv'o-rus), a. [< NL. pol- 
len (pollin-), pollen. + L. vorare, devour, eat.] 
Feetling upon pollen, as an insect. 
pollinodial (pol-i-no'di-al), a. [< pollinodi-um 
+ -at.] In hot., characteristic of, produced by, 
or resembling a polliuodium. Eneye. Brit., XX. 
426. 
pollinodium (pol-i-no'di-um), n.; pi. pollinodia 
(-a). [NL., < pollen (pollin-), pollen, + Gr. 
lioot, form.] In hot., the male sexual organ in 
Asc&myceteg, which, either directly or by means 
of an outgrowth, conjugates with the odgonium, 
or female sexual organ. 
A second branch (termed the pollinodium) is formed in 
the immediate neighbourhood of the first. 
Huxley and Martin, Elementary Biology, p. 420. 
pollinoid (pol'i-noid), M. [< NL. pollen (pollin-), 
pollen, + Gr. eloof, form.] In lot., the non- 
motile male organ in the f'lorideee and Ascomy- 
eetcs: the same, or nearly the same, as pollino- 
(Unm. 
pollinose (pol'i-nos), a. [< NL. pollen (pollin-), 
pollen, 4- -one.] In eiitom., covered (as if with 
pollen) with a loose or light powdery substance, 
often of a yellow color. 
polliwog, polliwig (pol'i-wog, -wig), n. [Also 
poll'jipog, jiollyiciy; early mod. E. poleicigge; < 
ME. polwygle, later porwiglc; appar. < poll 1 + 
iriij(gle).] A tadpole. 
Tadpoles, poleiriyge*, yongue frogs, Florio, p. 212. 
Dame, what ails your ducks to die? 
Eating o' pollyiciyt, eating o' pollywigt. 
Whiter' t Specimen (1794), p. 19. (llallitcell.) 
poll-mad (pol'mad), a. [< poll 1 + mad 1 .'] 
Wronjj in the head; crazy; mad or eager to 
the point of mental derangement. [Prov. Eng.] 
pollman (pol'man), .; pi. pollmen (-men). [< 
poll 3 + man.] A student at Cambridge Uni- 
versity, England, who is a candidate for the or- 
dinary degree and not for honors. 
It is related of some Cambridge pollman that he was 
once so ill-advised as to desert a private tutor . . . in or- 
der to become the pupil of the eminent "Shilleto." 
Academy, March 2, 1889. 
poll-moneyt (pol'mun'i), . Same as poll-tux. 
pollock. . See < pollack. 
poll-pick (pol'pik), n. A form of pick in com- 
mon use by miners in various parts of Great 
Britain. The form used In Cornwall has a stem or ami 
about 12 Inches long from the end of the eye, and a stump 
which forms the poll or head. The face of the poll Is 
steeled like a sledge to form a peen, so that it can be used 
for striking a blow. 
poll-silvert (pdl'sil'ver). M. Same as poll-tux. 
poll-suffrage (poTsuf'raj), n. Universal man- 
hood suffrage. 
poll-tax (portaks), . A tax levied at so much 
per head of the adult male population ; a cap- 
itation-tax : formerly common in England, and 
still levied in some of the United States, as 
well as in a few of the countries of continental 
Europe. Formerly also called poll-money, poU- 
ina-ppnct, and poll-inlrer. 
pollucite (pol'u-sit), M. [< L. I'ollta (Polluc-), 
Pollux, + -ite2.'] Same as pollur, 3. 
pollute (po-luf), ' ' ; pret. and pp. polluted, 
ppr. polluting. [< L. pollutufi, pp. of polhterc 
(> Pg. polluir = F. polluer), soil, defile, as with 
blood, slime, etc., hence defile morally, pollute, 
prob. orig. wash or smear over ; cf. proluvien, 
an overflow, inundation, < pol-, por-, forth, + 
lucre, wash.] 1. To make foul or unclean; ren- 
der impure; defile; soil; taint. 
In those wide wounds thro' which his spirit fled, 
Shall flies and worms obscene pollute the dead? 
Pope, Iliad, xiz. 30. 
2. To corrupt or defile in a moral sense ; de- 
stroy the perfection or purity of ; impair; pro- 
fane. 
That I hadde p"lut and defowled my conscience with 
sacrilege. Chaucer, lioethlus, I. prose 4. 
Power, like a desolating pestilence, 
Polluta whate'er It touches. 
Stoiby, Queen Mab, lit 
3. Specifically, to render legally or ceremo- 
nially unclean, so as to be unfit for sacred ser- 
vices or uses. 
polonaise 
Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children 
of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xvliL 32. 
4. To violate sexually; debauch or dishonor. 
= 8yn. 1 and 8. Defile, Corrupt, etc. (see taint), deprave, 
degrade, debase. 4. To ravish. 
pollute (po-luf), a. [Formerly also polute; = F. 
poll it = Sp. poluto = Pg. It. pollute, < L. pollu- 
tun, pp. ofpolluere, defile: see pollute, r.] Pol- 
luted; defiled. [Rare.] 
And on her naked shame, 
Pollute with sinful blame, 
lite saintly veil of maiden white to throw. 
Nativity, 1. 41. 
pollutedly (po-lu'ted-li), adv. With pollution. 
pollutedness (po-lu'ted-nes), . The state of 
being polluted ; "defilement. 
polluter (po-lu'ter), . [(pollute + -er 1 .] One 
who pollutes or profanes; a defiler. Jtryden, 
^Eneid, xi. 
pollutingly (po-lu'ting-li), adr. In n polluting 
manner; with 'pollution or defilement. 
pollution (po-lu'shon), . [= F. pollution 
= Pr. pollucio = Sp. polucion = Pg. pollu^fio 
= It. pollvsione, < LL. pollutio( H-), defilement, 
< L. polluere, pp. pollutus, defile: see pollute, 
r.] 1. The act of polluting; also, the state 
of being polluted; defilement; uncleanness ; 
impurity. 
Their strife pollution brings 
Upon the temple. Milton, P. I ., ill. 356. 
2. Specifically, legal or ceremonial unclean- 
ness, disqualifying a person for sacred services 
or for intercourse with others, or rendering any- 
thing unfit for sacred use. 3. The emission of 
semen at any other time than during coition: 
more frequently called self-pollution Nocturnal 
pollution, the emission of semen during sleep, usually 
accompanied by erotic dreams. =8yn. 1. Vitiation, con-up- 
I ii in. foulness (see taint, r.), violation, debauching. 
Pollux (pol'uks), . [NL., < L. Pollut (I'ol- 
luc-), also Polluce,i, Pollux, one of the Gemini or 
Twins, < Gr. noXw5fiw, Pollux.] 1. An or- 
ange star of magnitude 1.2 (/? Geminonim) in 
the head of the following twin. 2. In meteor. 
See Castor and Pollux, '2. 3. [I. <.] A rare 
mineral found with castor (petalite) in the isl- 
and of Elba, Italy. It occurs in Isometric crystals 
and massive ; it is colorless and has a vitreous luster, and 
is essentially a silicate of aluminium and cecsluni. 
polly (pol'i), . Same &polft. 
pollybait (pol'i-bat), n. Same as poletety . 
pollywog, pollywig, n. See polliwog. 
polmentt, . [ME., < OF. polment, ptilmcnt, < L. 
pulmentum, anything eaten with bread, a sauce, 
condiment, relish.] A kind of pottage. 
Me&seg of mylke he merkkej nytwene, 
Sythen potage A polment In plater honest; 
As sewer in a god assyse he serued hem fayre, 
Wyth sadde setnblaunt A swete of such as he hade. 
,' /'oenu(eil. Morris), II. 838. 
polo 1 (po'16), n. [E. Ind.] A game of ball 
resembling hookey, played on horseback. It 
is of Eastern origin, and is played in India, 
whence it has been introduced into Europe and 
America. 
polo 2 (po'16), ii. A Spanish gipsy dance which 
originated in Andalusia, and closely resembles 
certain Eastern dances in its wild contortions of 
the body. The song to which It Is danced Is low and 
melancholy, with startling pauses, and is sung In unison 
with a rhythmic clapping of hands. The words, called 
coplat, are generally of a jocose character without n-f rains, 
Also called olc. 
polonaise (po-16-naz'), . [< F. Poloaaig, m., 
the Polish langjuage, polonaise, t., a polonaise 
(dress), polonaise (music), prop, adj.. Polish, < 
Polognc (ML. Polonia), Poland: M6/W*.] 1. 
A light open gown looped up at the sides, show- 
ing the front of an elaborate petticoat, and 
longer behind, worn toward the close of the 
eighteenth century; also, a similar but plainer 
gown, not so much drawn back, and draped 
more simply, worn at the present time. 2. A 
kind of overcoat, short and usually faced and 
bordered with fur, worn by men who affected a 
semi-military dress during the first quarter of 
the nineteenth century. 3. A Polish dance, 
consisting mainly of a march or promenade of 
the dancers in procession. 4. Music for such 
a promenade, or in its peculiar rhythm, which 
is triple and stately, with a chiinictrrislir divi- 
sion of the first beat of the measures, and a 
rn]iririoiis rncling of the pliniM'S on the lust 
beat. The origin nf the form Is uncertain. It was first 
described by Mi.tthi-n.in In 17:>, and It has ilnce been 
frequently used by various inslrmm nt:il rumpiner*. It 
received the moat elaborate and original treatment from 
' h'i|,jn, many of whose finest works are In this form. The 
rhjtlim i if the bolero Is very similar In that of the polo- 
naise. Also called jmlacea. 
