pollard

  • 41Pollard, Alabama — Infobox Settlement official name = Pollard, Alabama settlement type = Town imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Escambia County and the state of Alabama mapsize1 = map… …

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  • 42Pollard, Arkansas — Infobox Settlement official name = Pollard, Arkansas settlement type = Town imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Clay County and the state of Arkansas mapsize1 = map… …

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  • 43Pollard, Marjorie — ▪ English athlete born 1899, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Eng. died March 21, 1982       field hockey player who became one of England s greatest players. She was also editor of Hockey Field magazine from 1946 to 1970.       Pollard competed… …

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  • 44Pollard Affair — case which developed around the jailing of Jonathan Pollard in the USA in 1985 (Pollard was arrested in 1985 and convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison in 1987) …

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  • 45Pollard — One of the false silver coins which entered England after Edward I s recoinage of 1279 80. They were so called because of the head they depicted. [< MdEngl. poll = a head] Cf. Crockard …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 46pollard — pol|lard [ˈpɔləd, la:d US ˈpa:lərd] v [T usually passive] BrE [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: POLL1 in its original sense head ] to cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47Pollard — pol·lard || pÉ‘lÉ™(r)d / pÉ’ n. family name; town in Alabama (USA); town in Arkansas (USA) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48pollard — pol·lard || pÉ‘lÉ™(r)d / pÉ’ n. tree with the top branches cut back; hornless animal; counterfeit coin v. trim tree branches, prune a tree; cut off the horns of an animal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49pollard — [ pɒləd] verb [often as adjective pollarded] cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top. noun 1》 a tree whose top and branches have been pollarded. 2》 archaic an animal that has lost its horns or cast its antlers …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50pollard — 1 noun (C) a tree that has had the top cut off to make the lower branches grow more thickly 2 verb (T) to cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly pollarded adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English