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Spirited
·adj Animated or possessed by a spirit.
II. Spirited ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Spirit>>.
III. Spirited ·a...
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Poor
·superl Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
II. Poor ·superl Inadequate; insuffi...
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Poor
The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important.
1) They had the right of gleaning...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Poor
The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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High-spirited
·adj Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or oppos...
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Hot-spirited
·adj Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed.
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Low-spirited
·adj Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.
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Male-spirited
·adj Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous.
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Mean-spirited
·adj Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
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Public-spirited
·adj Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure.
II. Public-spir...
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Poor-john
·noun A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
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Poor-will
·noun A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Poor-willie
·noun The bar-tailed godwit.
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Poor Jewry
"Pauperum Judaismum "in parish of St. Olave near the Friars of the Holy Cross in 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 5...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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poor-soldier
or Soldier-Bird (q.v.),
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor soldier
See soldier-birdI.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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poor john
Hake-fish salted and dried, as well as dried stock-fish, and bad bacalao, or cod, equally cheap and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Poor Jewry Lane
See Jewry Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Stable Yard, Poor Jewry Lane
West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by bonded warehouses...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.