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Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..

Poorness :: Poorness (n.) The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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

Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..

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

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

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..

Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

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

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..

Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly..

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

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..

Contribute :: Contribute (v. t.) To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor..

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

Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

Poor-will :: Poor-will (n.) A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.

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