5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the
purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain,
or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed;
as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000
into the pool.
6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which
the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata
according to agreement.
7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different
people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common
liabilities.
Pin pool, a variety of the game of billiards in which small wooden pins
are set up to be knocked down by the balls. -- Pool ball, one of the
colored ivory balls used in playing the game at billiards called pool.
-- Pool snipe (Zoˆl.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pool
table, a billiard table with pockets.
Pool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pooling.] To put
together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual
division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the
companies pooled their traffic.
Finally, it favors the poolingof all issues.
U. S. Grant.
Pool, v. i. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial,
speculative, or gambling transaction.
Pool"er (?), n. A stick for stirring a tan vat.
Pool"ing, n. (Law) The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an
aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view
to common liabilities or profits.
Poon (?), n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their
wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum
angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia fútida; -- called also
peon.
Poo"nac (?), n. A kind of oil cake prepared from the cocoanut. See Oil
cake, under Cake.
Poon"ga oil` (?). A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for
boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds
of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).
Poop (?), n. (Arch.) See 2d Poppy.
Poop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pooping.] [Cf. D.
poepen. See Pop.] To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
Poop, n. [F. poupe; cf. Sp. & Pg. popa, It. poppa; all fr. L. puppis.]
(Naut.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or
after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck.
See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.
With wind in poop, the vessel plows the sea.
Dryden.
The poop was beaten gold.
Shak.
Poop, v. t. (Naut.) (a) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave. "A
sea which he thought was going to poop her." Lord Dufferin. (b) To
strike in the stern, as by collision.
Pooped (?), p. p. & a. (Naut.) (a) Having a poop; furnished with a
poop. (b) Struck on the poop.
Poop"ing (?), n. (Naut.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern
by a following wave or vessel.
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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.
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 (Zoˆl.), 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.
Poor (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); --
called also power cod.
Poor"box` (?), n. A receptacle in which money given for the poor is
placed.
Poor"house` (?), n. A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at
public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
Poor"-john` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small European fish, similar to the cod,
but of inferior quality.
Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare.
Sir J. Harrington.
Poor"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
Poor"ly, adv. 1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or
sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or
advantage; as, to do poorly in business.