Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..

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Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
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.
Botchy :: Botchy (a.) Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.
Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.
Sandhiller :: Sandhiller (n.) A nickname given to any poor white living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina..
Dull-sighted :: Dull-sighted (a.) Having poor eyesight.
Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Lopsided :: Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
Sorrily :: Sorrily (adv.) In a sorry manner; poorly.
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..
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..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..
Poorly :: Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.
Impression :: Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time..
Rhymester :: Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..
Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
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..
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..
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