dunce poll (dunspol)

A dunce. [Prov. Eng.] Duncert, n. [ S. Ward , Sermons, p. 83. The land had once in franc his'd her self from this impertinent yoke of prelaty, under whose inquisitor i us and tyrannical duncery no free and splendid wit can flourish. Milton , Church-Government, Pref., ii. With the occasional duncery of some untoward tyro serving for a refreshing interlude. Lamb, Old and New Schoolmaster. An inferior table dunce-table (duns'tā"bl), n. provided in some inns of court for the poorer or duller students. Dyce. [Eng.] A phlegmatic cold piece of stuff: his father, methinks, should be one of the dunce - table , and one that never drunk strong beer in 's life but at festival-times. Dekker and Ford , Sun's Darling, v. 1.