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pollard 1. an animal, such as a sheep or deer, that has either shed its horns or antlers or has had them removed 2. a tree that has had its top cut off to encourage the formation of a crown of branches How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At last she got away, and did not stop in her retreat till she was in the thicket of pollard willows at the lower side of the barton, where she could be quite unseen. Being returned home at last, Captain Pollard once more sailed for the Pacific in command of another ship, but the gods shipwrecked him again upon unknown rocks and breakers; for the second time his ship was utterly lost, and forthwith forswearing the sea, he has never tempted it since. Just before the window was a row of pollard trees, looking black on one side and with a silvery light on the other. |
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