Definition of poor

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

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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..
Pour :: Pour (a.) Poor.
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..
Rhymester :: Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.
Poorness :: Poorness (n.) The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop..
Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare..
Threepenny :: Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..
Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings..
Singsong :: Singsong (v. i.) To write poor poetry.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc..
Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..
Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
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