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Down :: Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural..

Poor :: Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

Overseer :: Overseer (n.) One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways..

Vespillo :: Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

Poraille :: Poraille (n.) Poor people; the poor.

Outdoor :: Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients..

Poorly :: Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

Meagrely :: Meagrely (adv.) Poorly; thinly.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc..

Evil :: Evil (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop..

Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..

Woful :: Woful (a.) Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor.

Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.

Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk..

Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..

Poor-john :: Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality..

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