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polling

polling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Plunder, or extortion. [Obs.] E. Hall.
  2. 2.The act of voting, or of registering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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