Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy. 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 are not rich; as a poor man or woman; poor people .

In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.

Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling. That I have wronged no man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.

Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.

Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land. The ground is become poor.

Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.

Unhappy; pitiable. WW”~ . Vex’d sailors curse the rain . For which poor shepherds pray’d in vain.

Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit. A soothsayer made Antonius believe that his genius, which was otherwise brave, was, in the presence of Octavianus, poor and cowardly.

Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse. The ox is poor.

Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.

Uncomfortable; restless; ill. The patient has had a poor night.

Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17.

In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine.

A word of tenderness or pity; dear. Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing.

A word of slight contempt; wretched. The poor monk never saw many of the decrees and councils he had occasion to use.

The poor, collectively, used as a noun; 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. Poor in spirit, in a Scriptural sense, humble; contrite; abased in one’s own sight by a sense of guilt. Matthew 5:3.