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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..

Poureliche :: Poureliche (adv.) Poorly.

Dull-sighted :: Dull-sighted (a.) Having poor eyesight.

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

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..

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

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..

Botchy :: Botchy (a.) Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.

Almshouse :: Almshouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

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

Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..

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..

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

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

Worse :: Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense..

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..

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

Penniless :: Penniless (a.) Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.

Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.

Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

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