Definition of poor

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Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..

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Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..
Pauper :: Pauper (n.) A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor..
Impecunious :: Impecunious (a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Sporades :: Spoor (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Botchy :: Botchy (a.) Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.
Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..
Poor-john :: Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality..
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..
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..
Poor :: Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
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..
Wadmol :: Wadmol (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes..
Power :: Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish..
Poor-willie :: Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit.
Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business..
Seedy :: Seedy (superl.) Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat..
Poorhouse :: Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
Perform :: Perform (v. i.) To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ..
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