Poor

a. (pauvre, French; povre, Spanish.) 1. Not rich; indigent; nece itous; oppre ed with want (Pope). 2. Trifling;- narrow; of little dignity, force, or value (Bacon). 3. Paltry; mean;- contemptible (Davies), 4. Unimportant (Swift), 5. Unhsppy; uneasy; pitiable (Waller). 6. Mean; depre ed; low; dejected (Bacon). 7. (A word of tenderne . ) Dear (Prior). 8.(A word of slight contempt.) Wretched (Beker). 9. Not good; not fit for any purpose (Shakspeare). 10. The Poor. Those who are in the lowest rank of the community; those who cannot subsist but by the charity of others (Spra¢). 11. Barren; dry: as, a poor soil. 12. Lean; starved; emaciated (Ben Jonson). 13. Without spirit; flaccid.