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Folks :: Folks (n. collect. & pl.) People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks..

Depauperate :: Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.

Slim :: Slim (superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument..

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..

Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare..

Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

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

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..

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

Power :: Power (n.) Same as Poor, the fish..

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

Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..

Meagrely :: Meagrely (adv.) Poorly; thinly.

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

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..

Wadmol :: Wadmol (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes..

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..

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

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..

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