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; very por; indigent; necessitous. Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv. 11. Spare the bluches of needly merit. Dr. T. Dwight.

The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior.

igent of fame." Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

ubject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne.

in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs. A little cottage, like some poor man's nest. Spenser.

Something strange or newly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. L'Estrange.

ne who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist. Shipley. No poore cloisterer, nor no novys. Chaucer.

a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.

. "An odd expression." Thackeray. The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. Ascham. Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator.…

he apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. "Poor of spirit." Macaulay.

-- To be well off, to be in good condition. -- To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.

he opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away. Poor Stella must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.

or kind of dimity made in India, -- used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.

profitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.]

that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded]. Tennyson. Parcel poet, a half poet; a poor poet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

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