- A tree having its top cut off at some height above the
ground, that may throw out branches. - A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. - A fish, the chub. - A stag that has cast its antlers. - A hornless animal (cow or sheep). - To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard
willows.
- A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by
being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin
but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his
head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded
whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them. - A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.