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Show P PO C L ] L O t f e f n wa Burnet [poupt French Poop. n. POLa paa/: R 'I'h:]mop was beaten gold Perceiving that the pigeon had only loft a piece o s c r th o i e o x n th u r t ta he the pafle fate Olll th en o poc thei brusfed wa ]|.i/l.-,g,;v ', ;- cn t o r p t o u He was openly fe LIES t g p p e f v t s p i n w Wit g 10 Poor cuckoldly knave-I wrong him to call hi akefyp money. ShSha affeses of of money (ay he he hah: th maf poor5 they fa Who builds a church to God and not to fame Will never mark the marble with his name Go fearch it there where to be born and die Pope Of rich and poor makes all the hiftory Teach the old chronicle, in future times To bearno mem'ry but of poor rogues crimes. I[(‘?l'fr 2. Trifling; narrow force, or value of littl diguity A confervatory of fnow and ice ufed for delicac to cool wine, is a poor and contemptible ufe, i refpect of other ufes that may be made of it. Bacon How pocr are the imitations of nature in ¢ommo coutfe of experiments, except they be led by grea Bacon Jjudgment When he delights in fin, as he obferves it i other men, he is wholly transformed from th A When, if he perith here, there is not foun In all the world fo poor and vile a thing Dawies courtef woul inven of churchmen as thi particular time Spratt "The poor dare nothing tell but flat'ring news Dryd:n Has God caft thy lot amongft the poor of thi world, by denying thee the plenties of this life, or b taking them away? this may be preventing mercy for much mifchief riches do to the fpns of men South 11 Barren; dry 12 Lean as, a poor foil ftarved as emaciated Where juice wanteth, the language is thin, flagging, poor, ftarved, and fcarce covering the bone Ben Fonfon 3. Without {pirit; flaccid Poo'rrLY. adwv. [from poor. 1. Without wealth thieve to lear fpare to live poorly his li fe, le tting him g Sidney ‘2. Not profperoufly; with little fuccefs If you fow one ground with the fame kind o grain, it will profper but poorly Bacon 3. Meanly; without {pirit The marquis, making hafte to Scarborough embarked in a poor veffel Clarendon We have feen how poor and contemptible a forc has been raifed by thofe who appeared openly Addifon's Freeholder Matilda is fo intent upon all the arts of improving their drefs, that fhe has fome new fanc almoft every day; and leaves no ornament untry'd from the richeft jewel to the pooreft flower. Law 4 Unimportant To be without power or diftinétion, is not, i my poor opinion, a very amiable fituation to a perfo of title davift 5+ Unhappy ; uneafy ; pitiable Vain privilege Waller poor woman have a tongue €0 can fland filent, and refolve on wrong. Dryd 6. Mean ; deprefled ; low ; dejeed I} foothfayer made Antonius believe, that hi genius, which otherwife was brave, was, in th prefence of O&avianus, poor and cowardly. Bacon 7+ [A word of tendernefs. Par, Tittle, pretty ult we no longer liv And doft thou prun To take thy flight tho Dear flutt'ring thing together thy trembling wing know'ft not whither ? Prior 8. [Aword of flight contempt. ] Wretched d € poor monk never faw many of the decree 14 councils he had occafion to ufe Baker 9+ Not good; not fit for any purpofe #. /. [from poor. 1. Poverty indigence want No leffe I hate him than the gate That pooreneffe can force an untrut If a prince fhould complain o his exchequer, would he be angr chants, if they brought him a carg lion of hell to tell. Chapm the goornefs o with his merof good bul Burnet's Theory 2. Meannefs Th lownefs Italian oper of language thoughts but want of dignity feldo amidf has fomethin fink into a poornef all the meannef of th beautiful and fonorous i the expreffion Addifon There is a kind of fluggith refignation, as wel as poornefs and degeneracy of fpirit, in a ftate o flavery Addifon 3. Sterility; barrennefs Vext failors curfe the rain For which poor fhepherds pray'd in vain Poo'rNEss The poornefs of the herbs fhews the poornefs o the earth, efpecially if in colour more dark. Bacer Enquire the differences of metals which contain other metals, and how that agrees with th poornefs or richnefs of the metals in themfelves Bacon Poorsri'RITED Mean adj [peor and fpirit. cowardly Mirvan ! poorfpirited wretch ! thou haft decciv' Dennis me PoorsPi'riTEDNESS 7 Meannefs / cowardice A caufe of men' others is, fro taking pleafure in the fins o tha that accompanies guilt Por and poor/piritednef meannef n /i [poppy/ma Latin. South A fmal It is formed fro I have feveral ladies, who could not give a fo loud enough to be heard at the farther end of th room, who can now difcharge a fan, thatit fhal 7 make a report like a pocket-piftol Por mov an w. # [fro or ente wit noun. th a quick Addifon T fudden unexpected motion ‘He that kill'd my king Popt in between th' election and my hopes Shak "A boat was funk and al! the folk drowned, faving one only woman, that in her firft popping n again, which moft living things accuftom, efpie the boat rifen likewife, and fioating by her, go hold of the boat, and fat aftride upon one of it fides Careww I ftartled at his popping npon me unexpetedly Addijott As he fcratch'd to fetch up thought Forth pepp'd the fprit poor horfe Thof the found Shake[peare From aconfin'd well-manag'd ftore You both employ and feed the poor Waller Never any time fince the reformation can fhe fo many goor amongft the widows and orph PO fmart quick found fam Your conftanc Hat lef yo unattend be not lof e u n y c h n d r f h t m fi G cre S poorl i you thoughts. Shakefpeare's Macketh a A r o fi a d t o t i g o thofe poor rem No is their courage or their wealth fo low h u S left him That from his wars they poor/y would retire. Dryd That I have wronged no man, will be a poo Without dignity plea or apology at the laft day; for it is not for | You meaner beauties of the night rapine, that men are formally impeached and fipall That poorly fatisfy our eyes condemned 5 but I was an hungry, and ye gave m More by your number than your light Calamy's Sermons no meat You common people of the fkies 3, Paltry; mean; contemptible What are you when the fun fhall rife Watton A poor number it was to conquer Ireland te th Poo'rjorN. #. /i [callarius. A fort o Bacon Pope's ufe ‘And if that wifdom fill wife ends propound th Ainf Why made he man, of other creatures, king i wif 7%¢ Poor [collettively. Thof who are in the loweft rank of the community; thofe who cannot fubfift ba by the charity of others ; but it is fometimes ufed with laxity for any not rich y D y w e r f h e f t w c b And meafure e v p c e F r w a [ j a O P Spanifh. 1. Not rich ; indigent ; neceflitous; oprefled with want I coul other entertainment '.3'_,' f t l t wailing . T have very poor ands unhappy braing for drink an wccp'm Some fat upun the top of the poo Ao Other fo thin. Swifi's Mifcellan have a trick of poprin up and dow every moment, from their paper to the audience like an idle fchool-boy Swift 70 Por @. a 1. To put out or in fuddenly, flily, o unexpectedly Thatis my brother's plea el he which if he can prove, he pops me ou At leaft from fair five hundred pound a year. Shak He popred a paper into his hand Milton A fellow, finding fomewhat prick him, pop his finger upon the place L' Efrange The commonwealth popped up its head for th third time under Brutus and Caflius, and then fun for ever Dryden Didft thou never po Thy head into a tinman's thop Prior 2 flife If their cutiofity leads the to afk what the fhould not know, it is better to tell them plainly that ie is a thing that belongs not to them to know than to pop them off with a falthood Locke POPE. #. f. [papa, Latin; wdwwas. t. The bithop of Rome T refufe you for my judge an Appeal unto the pope to be judg'd by him. Shakefp He was organift in the pope's chapel at Rome Peacharm Chriftianity has been more opprefled by thof that thus fought for it, than thofe that were i armsagainft it; upon this fcore, the pope has don her more harm than the Turk Decay of Piety 2. A {mall fith A pope, by fome called a ruffe, is much like pearch for fhape, but will not grow bigger tha a gudgeon: an excellent fifh, of a pleafant tafte and fpawns in April Walton Po'repom. n. /. [popeand dom. papal dignity Papacy That world of wealth I've drawn togethe For mine own ends; indeed Po'PErY ligio #. / of th to gain the popedan Shakefpeare [from pope. churc Th re of Rome Popery, for corruptions in dotrine and difcipline, I look upon to be the moft abfurd fyftem o Chriftianity Po'pescye = f [pope an Savift eye.] Th gland furrounded with fat in the middl of the thigh: why fo called I know not Po'rcun, z. /. [pop and gun. A gu with which children play, that onl makes a noife Life is not weak enough to be deftroyed by thi popgu attillery of tea and coffee Cheyne Pori'sjav. a. /. [papegay, Dutch; papagayo, Spanifh. 1. A parrot Young popinjays learn quickly to fpeale. Acham The great red and blue parrot; there are o Yy thel |