poor rate (porrat)

An a e ment or tax imposed by law for the relief or support of the poor. poor-spirited (pör's pir"i-ted), a. Of a poor or tame spirit; cowardly. Mr. Tulliver would never have asked anything from so poor- spirited a fellow for himself. n. George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , iii. 1. poor-spiritedne (pör's pir"i-ted-nes), Tamene or basene of spirit; cowardice. That meanne and poor - spiritedne that accompanies guilt. South , Sermons. 4620