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Foul :: Foul (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.

Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete..

Swiped :: Swipe (n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer..

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Mont De Piete :: Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house..

Scribbling :: Scribbling (a.) Writing hastily or poorly.

Misthrive :: Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.

Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..

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..

Meanness :: Meanness (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess..

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick..

Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Footy :: Footy (a.) Poor; mean.

Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.

Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly..

Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..

Rascality :: Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.

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

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