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Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods..

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..

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

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor..

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

Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.

Annates :: Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings..

Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine..

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

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.

Steerage :: Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare..

Destitute :: Destitute (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

Bo Tree :: Bo tree () The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha..

Pauper :: Pauper (n.) A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor..

Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.

Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..

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

Poorliness :: Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.

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..

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