pollarchy (polarki)

[ [Rare.] A contest... between those representing oligarchical principles and the pollarchy . W. H. Ru ell, My Diary, North and South, II. 340. ( Davies.) pollard (pol'ärd), n. [ 289 where, by the aduyce of some of his counsayle, he sodeynHe then retourned into England, and so vnto London, ly dampned certayne coynes of money, called pollardes, crocardes, and rosaries, and caused theym to be broughte vnto newe coynage to his great aduantage. Fabyan, Chron., II., an. 1350. 3. A polled animal, as a stag or an ox without horns.-4. Same as poll1, 7.—5. A coarse product of wheat. The coarsest of bran, vsuallie called gurgeons, or pollard . Harrison, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 6. pollard (pol'ärd), v . t . [ pollard , n .] To make cutting off the head. Same as hay [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia fever. pollen gert (pol'en-jėr), n. + -age (cf. pollage ) + -er1. Cf. pollard; and for the form, cf. ef. porringer, porringer, et etc.] 1. A pollard tree. See quotation under husband, n., 5.-2. Brushwood. Tu er, Husbandry, January. pollen-grain (pol'en-grān), n. See pollen. polleniferous (pol-e-n ous (pol-e-nif'e-rus), a. [ alled the vert (a tree) into a pollard by pollen i regna ting with polleret, and Elm and oak, frequently pollarded and cut,... increases the bulk and circumference. Evelyn , Sylva, III. ii. pollax, pollaxet, n. See poleax . poll-book (põlʼbük), n. A register of persons entitled to vote at an election. poll-clerk (põlʻklėrk), n. A clerk appointed to a ist the presiding officer at an election. In British elections that officer may do by poll-clerks any act which he may do at a polling-station, except to arrest, eject, or exclude a person. In South Australia and Queens land the duties of a poll-clerk are to have charge of the ballots and furnish them to voters, as required of the bal- lot-clerk in New York and Ma achusetts. polled (põld), p . a . [Pp. of polll , v .] 1. De prived of the poll; lopped, as a tree having the top cut off.-2. Cropped; clipped; also, bald; shaven. IMG:content-0571.png:[blocks in formation] Pg. no Amer . Naturalist , XXII. 789. = pollen (pol'en), n. [= F. pollen = Sp. pólen Pg. polle = It. polline , pollen ( poll in- ), pollen, L. pollen ( poll in- ), also poll is ( poll in- ), fine flour, mill- dust, also fine dust of other things; cf. Gr. πάλη, the finest meal.] A fine yellowish dust or powder powder produced in the anther of a flower (whence it is discharged when mature), which when mag- nified is found to consist of sep- arate grains of definite size and shape; the male or fecund at- ing element in flowering plants: the homologue of the microspore in cryptogams. The individual grains are usually single-celled and of a globular or oval form, but they may occasionally be composed of two or sev- eral cells, curiously irregular in shape. They are often beautifully orna- mented with spines, angles, lines, etc., and while they are very uniform in the same species they often differ widely in different species or families. Pollen- grains are usually formed in fours by the division of the contents of mother. cells into two parts and these again into two parts. Each grain has two coats, the inner of which is called the intine and the outer the extine . See pollen - tube . C Grains of Pollen of (a) Enothera bien nis, (b) Cichorium Intybus, (c) Hibis cus Moschis, (d) Pa iflora cerule a, and (e) Pinus sylvestris. pollen (pol'en), v . t . [ pollen , n . ] To cover or dust with pollen; supply with pol- len. Tennyson , Voyage of Maeldune. pollen a rio us (pol-e-nā'ri-us), a . [Prop. * pol- " linarious ; pollen (NL. pollen , poll in- ) + -ari- ous.] Consisting of pollen or meal. pollenarium (pol-e-na'ri-um), n. An erroneous form for pollinarium . Hoffman . pollen at i on (pol-e-na's hon), n . len i zati on . Same as pol between go no tropic irritability and appropriate nutrition Experiments to show, by cro - poll enations, the relation upon the growth and direction of pollen-tubes. Amer. Naturalist, XXIV. 369. Same as pollen-brush (pol'en-brush), n . The corbicu- lum of a bee. See cut under corbiculum . pollen-catarrh (pol'en-ka-tär"), n . hay - fever . pollen-cell (pol'en-sel), n . In bot ., a cell or chamber of an anther in which pollen is devel- oped. pollen-chamber (pol'en-cham"ber), n. In gym- no sperms, the cavity at the apex of the ovule in which the pollen-grains lie after polleniza- tion. It is beneath the integuments. Also called pollinic chamber . IMG:content-0572.png:[blocks in formation] ized, ppr. pollen i zing. [ The sterility of the flowers, when protected from the acce of insects, depends solely on the pollen - ma es not coming into contact with the stigma. Darwin , Fertil. of Orchids by Insects, p. 29. pollen-paste (pol'en-pāst), n. Pollen mixed with a little honey, as it is stored by bees for the sustenance of their young. Kneaded with more honey and with a secretion from the mouth. of the insects, it becomes bee-bread. pollen-plate (pol'en-plāt), n . In entom ., a flat or hollowed surface fringed with stiff hairs, used as a receptacle for pollen. These plates are found on the inner sides of the tibiæ and tarsi, or on the sides of the metathorax, of various species of bees. Those on the legs are called corbicula . See cut under corbiculum . pollen-sac (pol'en-sak), n . The sac in which the pollen is produced; the anther-cell: the ho- mologue of the microsporangium in cryptogams. pollen-spore (pol'en-spor), n. Same as pollen- grain . See pollen . pollent (pol'ent), a . [L. pollen (t-)s, ppr. of pollere , be strong.] Powerful; prevailing. We had no arms or merely lawful ones, An unimportant sword and blunderbu , Against a foe pollent in potency. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 100. pollen-tube (pol'en-tūb), n. In bot ., the tube through which the fecundating element is conveyed to the ovule. When a pollen-grain is deposited upon a fitting stigma, at a time when the stigmatic secretion is sufficiently abundant, it increases somewhat in size, and soon a tube (sometimes more than one) is thrust forth and pa es immediately into the loose ti ue of the stigmatic surface. The tube consists of a protrusion of the intine. During its descent the pollen-tube is slender, of about the same caliber throughout, and has extremely thin walls. It extends through the conducting ti ue of the style, being nourished by the nutrient matter secreted from the cells of that ti ue, until it at last reaches the cavity of the ovary and penetrates the micropyle of the ovule. poller (põʻlėr), n. [Formerly also powler; R. I know him not; is he a deaft barber? G. O yea; why, he is mistre Lamia's powler . Promos and Cas sandra , v. 4. ( Nares .) (b) One who lops or polls trees. (ct) A pillager; a plunderer; one who fleeces by exaction. The poller and exacter of fees. Bacon , Judicature (ed. 1887). (d) One who registers voters; also, one who casts a vote at the polls.