Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

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Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate..
Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..
Poorliness :: Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
Impoverish :: Impoverish (v. t.) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families..
Contribute :: Contribute (v. t.) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor..
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Bidale :: Bidale (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief..
Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
Moor :: Moor (n.) An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor..
Misthrive :: Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.
Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin..
Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
Fagend :: Fagend (n.) An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect..
Footy :: Footy (a.) Poor; mean.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.
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..
Reliance :: Reliance (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance..
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