Definition of poor

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

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Power :: Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish..
Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..
Underproportioned :: Underproportioned (a.) Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
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..
Scyphus :: Scyphus (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk..
Soul :: Soul (n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings..
Slum :: Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives..
Sporades :: Spoor (v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Oblation :: Oblation (n.) A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor..
Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
Dispensary :: Dispensary (n.) A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price..
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse..
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