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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Poor
     The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially
     important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev.
     19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19,21).
     
       (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their share of
     the produce of the fields and the vineyards (Ex. 23:11; Lev.
     25:6).
     
       (3.) In the year of jubilee they recovered their property
     (Lev. 25:25-30).
     
       (4.) Usury was forbidden, and the pledged raiment was to be
     returned before the sun went down (Ex. 22:25-27; Deut.
     24:10-13). The rich were to be generous to the poor (Deut.
     15:7-11).
     
       (5.) In the sabbatical and jubilee years the bond-servant was
     to go free (Deut. 15:12-15; Lev. 25:39-42, 47-54).
     
       (6.) Certain portions from the tithes were assigned to the
     poor (Deut. 14:28, 29; 26:12, 13).
     
       (7.) They shared in the feasts (Deut. 16:11, 14; Neh. 8:10).
     
       (8.) Wages were to be paid at the close of each day (Lev.
     19:13).
     
       In the New Testament (Luke 3:11; 14:13; Acts 6:1; Gal. 2:10;
     James 2:15, 16) we have similar injunctions given with reference
     to the poor. Begging was not common under the Old Testament,
     while it was so in the New Testament times (Luke 16:20, 21,
     etc.). But begging in the case of those who are able to work is
     forbidden, and all such are enjoined to "work with their own
     hands" as a Christian duty (1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:7-13; Eph.
     4:28). This word is used figuratively in Matt. 5:3; Luke 6:20; 2
     Cor. 8:9; Rev. 3:17.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. Poorer (?; 254); superl. Poorest.]
     [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the
     first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see
     Paucity, Few), and the second to parare to prepare,
     procure. See Few, and cf. Parade, Pauper, Poverty.]
     1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or
        goods; needy; indigent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with
           necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied
           to persons who are not entirely destitute of property,
           but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor
           people.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be
        entitled to maintenance from the public.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such
        qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be
        expected; as:
        (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean;
            emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
            ``Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very
            ill-favored and lean-fleshed.'' --Gen. xli. 19.
        (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as,
            poor health; poor spirits. ``His genius . . . poor and
            cowardly.'' --Bacon.
        (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby;
            mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. ``A poor
            vessel.'' --Clarendon.
        (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; --
            said of land; as, poor soil.
        (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor
            discourse; a poor picture.
        (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results;
            unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor
            business; the sick man had a poor night.
        (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor
            excuse.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea
                  or apology at the last day.       --Calamy.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a
        term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and
        sometimes as a word of contempt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And for mine own poor part,
              Look you, I'll go pray.               --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
        ``Blessed are the poor in spirit.'' --Matt. v. 3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or
        support of the poor.
  
     Poor man's treacle (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it
        was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng]
        --Dr. Prior.
  
     Poor man's weatherglass (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel
        ({Anagallis arvensis), which opens its blossoms only in
        fair weather.
  
     Poor rate, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish,
        for the relief or support of the poor.
  
     Poor soldier (Zo["o]l.), the friar bird.
  
     The poor, those who are destitute of property; the
        indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on
        charity or maintenance by the public. ``I have observed
        the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less
        they provide for themselves.'' --Franklin.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Poor \Poor\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus); -- called also
     power cod.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Poor \Poor\, a. [Compar. Poorer (?; 254); superl. Poorest.]
     [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the
     first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see
     Paucity, Few), and the second to parare to prepare,
     procure. See Few, and cf. Parade, Pauper, Poverty.]
     1. Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or
        goods; needy; indigent.
  
     Note: It is often synonymous with indigent and with
           necessitous denoting extreme want. It is also applied
           to persons who are not entirely destitute of property,
           but who are not rich; as, a poor man or woman; poor
           people.
  
     2. (Law) So completely destitute of property as to be
        entitled to maintenance from the public.
  
     3. Hence, in very various applications: Destitute of such
        qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be
        expected; as:
        (a) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean;
            emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
            ``Seven other kine came up after them, poor and very
            ill-favored and lean-fleshed.'' --Gen. xli. 19.
        (b) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as,
            poor health; poor spirits. ``His genius . . . poor and
            cowardly.'' --Bacon.
        (c) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby;
            mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. ``A poor
            vessel.'' --Clarendon.
        (d) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; --
            said of land; as, poor soil.
        (e) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor
            discourse; a poor picture.
        (f) Without prosperous conditions or good results;
            unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor
            business; the sick man had a poor night.
        (g) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor
            excuse.
  
                  That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea
                  or apology at the last day.       --Calamy.
  
     4. Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a
        term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and
        sometimes as a word of contempt.
  
              And for mine own poor part, Look you, I'll go pray.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing. --Prior.
  
     5. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
        ``Blessed are the poor in spirit.'' --Matt. v. 3.
  
     Poor law, a law providing for, or regulating, the relief or
        support of the poor.
  
     Poor man's treacle (Bot.), garlic; -- so called because it
        was thought to be an antidote to animal poison. [Eng]
        --Dr. Prior.
  
     Poor man's weatherglass (Bot.), the red-flowered pimpernel
        ({Anagallis arvensis), which opens its blossoms only in
        fair weather.
  
     Poor rate, an assessment or tax, as in an English parish,
        for the relief or support of the poor.
  
     Poor soldier (Zo["o]l.), the friar bird.
  
     The poor, those who are destitute of property; the
        indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on
        charity or maintenance by the public. ``I have observed
        the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less
        they provide for themselves.'' --Franklin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Poor \Poor\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A small European codfish ({Gadus minutus); -- called also
     power cod.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  poor
       adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality
              from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor
              spy" [syn: mediocre, second-rate]
       2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
          victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
          extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals
          for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate";
          "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a
          wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
           pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, wretched]
       3: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap
          between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor
          artist living in a garret" [ant: rich]
       4: characterized by or indicating lack of money; "the country
          had a poor economy" [ant: rich]
       5: low in degree; "expectations were poor"
       6: badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances; "a
          poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food
          poor in nutritive value" [ant: rich]
       7: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
          poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food
          is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate,
           short]
       8: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"
       9: yielding little by great labor; "a hardscrabble farm"; "poor
          soil" [syn: hardscrabble]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Αγγλικά a.
     φτωχός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Limburgish n.
     leek#English
     Old French n.
     fear

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Poor
     Saterland Frisian n.
     pair; couple

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     a.
     1 With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to
  contemporaries who do have them.
     2 Of low quality.
     3 ''Used to express pity.''
     4 Deficient in a specified way.
     5 inadequate, insufficient.
     n.
     (lb en plural only) The poor#Adjective people of a society or the
  world collectively, the poor#Adjective class of a society.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive rare) (synonym of en impoverish), to make
  poor#Adjective.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To become poor#Adjective.
     3 (lb en obsolete) To call poor#Adjective.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Old French n.
     fear

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Poor
     Saterland Frisian n.
     pair; couple

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Old French n.
     fear

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Poor
     Saterland Frisian n.
     pair; couple

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Englanti a.
     1 köyhä
     2 huono, kehno
     3 raukka, parka

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  poor
     Engelska a.
     1 fattig
     2 stackars; om någon man kan tycka synd om
     3 av låg kvalité
     Engelska n.
     (tagg plurale tantum språk=en) fattiga personer som grupp

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  poor /pˈʊə/
  aalwyntapper

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  poor /pˈʊə/
  1. aalwyntapper, arme

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  poor /pˈʊə/
  1. beklaaglik, beklaenswaardig, beklagenswaardig
  2. beroerd, kwaai, sleg
  3. arm

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Poor /pˈʊə/
  فقير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  poor //poʊ// //poː// //puɹ// //pɔɹ// //pɔː(ɹ)// //pɜːɹ// //pʊə(ɹ)// //pʊɚ// //pʊɹ// //ˈpʊ(ː)ə(r)// 
  1. невзра́чен
  free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant
  2. лош
  of low quality
  3. жалък
  used to express pity
  4. бе́ден
  with few or no possessions or money