poop cabin (popkab"in)

A cabin under the poop-deck. See deck, 2. Every part of the ship was already occupied. Another order soon came for the construction of a poop - cabin . W. Colton, Deck and Port, p. 14. poop-lantern (pöpʻlan"tern), n. A lantern car- ried at night on the taffrail to denote a flag- ship, or to serve as a signal. poor (pör), a . [ pour , poure , pore , pover , po- vere, povre , povre , poure , povere , F. pauvre = Sp. Pg. pobre = It. povero , pauper , poor: see pauper .] 1. Po e ing little; destitute of wealth: opposed to rich : as, a poor man; a poor community. Ther made the lond full povere , the folk ded the i slo. Rob . of Brunne , p. 7. Pore of po e ioun in purse and in coffre. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 301. Howell, Letters, iv. 43. He, being rich, shall be born of a poor Maid. You may think I do not deserve to be rich; but I hope you will likewise observe I can ill afford to be poor. Steele, Tatler, No. 124. 2. Lacking means to procure the comforts of life; indigent; needy; nece itous; specifically, in law, so destitute or impoverished as to be dependent upon charity, or upon the poor rates; pauper. In good feith yet had I lever Than to coveite in such a we ye To ben for ever till I deie As pover as Job and lovele . Gower, Conf. Amant., II. 211. Fletcher , Beggars' Bush, iii. 2. Fletcher , Pilgrim, i. 1. In prison thou shalt find me poor and broken. What poor attend my charity to-day, wench? He [Linnæus] was so poor as to be obliged to mend his shoes with folded paper, and often to beg his meals of his friends. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 41. I have observed, the more public provisions are made for the poor , the le they provide for themselves. Franklin. 3. Deficient in or destitute of desirable or es sential qualities; lacking those qualities which render a thing valuable, desirable, suitable, or sufficient for its purpose; inferior; bad: as, poor bread; poor health; cattle in poor condition. The Erian flora is comparatively poor , and its types are in the main similar to those of the Carboniferous. Dawson, Geol. Hist. of Plants, p. 264. In particular - (a) Of little consequence; trifling; insig nificant; paltry: as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. Calamy , Sermons. Poor is the contentment that can be found in virtue and religion, if it stretch no farther than to the end of this life. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. xi., Pref. (b) Mean; shabby: as, a poor outfit; poor surroundings. poorful On the North side, a large square Piazza, encompa 'd with Pillars, and on the East some poor remains of a great Church. Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 59. As shines the moon through clouded skies She in her poor attire was seen. Tennyson, The Beggar Maid. (c) Lean; meager; emaciated: as, poor cattle. Thin and poor as a late chicken. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 4. (d) Lacking in fertility; barren; exhausted: as, poor land. Part of the distance lay over poor country, covered with ti-tree, box, and ironbark saplings. A. C. Grant, Bush Life in Queensland, I. 46. (e) Lacking in spirit or vigor; feeble; impotent. I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. 35. His spirit is but poor that can be kept From death for want of weapons. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, v. 4. Art thou so poor to blench at what thou hast done? Is conscience a comrade for an old soldier? Fletcher ( and another ), False One, iv. 3. (f) Destitute of merit or worth; barren; jejune: as, a poor discourse; a poor e ay. 4. Unfortunate; to be pitied or regretted: much used colloquially as a vague epithet indicative of sympathy or pity for one who is sick, feeble, or unhappy, or of regret for one who is dead. And in gret reverence and charitee Hire olde poure fader fostred she. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 876. Poor Jack, farewell! I could have better spared a better man. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 103. Poor little pretty, fluttering Thing, Must we no longer live together? Prior , Imit. of Hadrian's Addre to his Soul. Poor things! as the case stands with them even now, you might take the heart out of their bodies, and they never find it out, they are sae be grutten. Scott , Monastery, viii. Get out, and don't come slandering, and backbiting, and bullying that poor devil of a boy any more. Thackeray, Philip, xxi. My poor dear! What has made thy heart so sore as to come and cry a-this-ons? Dickens , Lizzie Leigh, iii. 5. Miserable; wretched: used in contempt. The sufferings of those poor bigotted creatures, the martyrs, made mighty impre ions upon men. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. iii. As a murderer, he was a poor creature; as an artist in gold, he was inimitable. De Quincey , Secret Societies, i. 6. Humble; slight; insignificant: used modestly in speaking of things pertaining to one's self. And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 5. 131. The estate which I should leave behind me of any estimation is my poor fame in the memory of my friends. Donne , Letters, xiv. I had carried my poor pitcher to that well often enough, I thought, and was resolved never again to risk its fracture. Lowell , Addre in behalf of International Copyright, [Nov. 28, 1887. Guardians of the poor. Sce guardian . - Overseers of the poor. See overseer.- Poor Clares. See Clari e . Poor debtor. See debtor . - Poor in spirit, spiritually humble. Mat. v. 3. Poor Knight of Windsor. Same as Windsor Knight (which see, under knight ). - Poor law. See law1.- Poor man's herb, in England, the hedge hy op, Gratiola officinal is . - Poor man's parmacety, in England, the shepherd's-purse, Cap sell a Bursa - pastor is . Poor man's pepper. See pepper . - Poor man's plaster. See plaster . - Poor man's treacle, in England, the onion, Allium Cepa . - Poor man's weather-gla . Same as pimpernel , 4.- Poor Priests. See priest . - Poor Robin, an almanac: said to be so called from a series of almanacs brought out by Robert Herrick in the seventeenth century. I was informed she discern'd by the beat of the pulse a Feast from a Feria, without the help of poor Robin . Gentleman Instructed , p. 120. ( Davies .) Poor's box, a box for receiving contributions for the poor; a poor-box. She draws her mouth till it positively resembles the aperture of a poor's box , and all her words appear to slide out edgewise. Sheridan , School for Scandal, ii. 2. The policeman took me off to Clerkenwell, but the magistrates, instead of sending me to prison, gave me 2s. out of the poor's - box . Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 88.