Poor

pSSr, adj. without means: needy: spiritle : depre ed: (i?.) humble: contrite wanting in appearance: lean wanting in strength weak: wanting in value inferior: wanting in fertility: sterile; wanting in fitne , beauty, or dignity. trifling: paltry: dear (endearingly)- — ^?;. Poorly. — ». Poor'n . fO. Fr.poure, povre (Fr. Pauvre) —L. jau-per — pauca pariens producing or providing little, lrom paucus little, and pano, to produce.] Poorhouae, pTOrihows, « a house established at the public expense for the benefit of the poor. Poor laws, pSQr'-lawx, laws relating to the support of the poor [of the Poor.