POOR, indigent, necessitous, oppressed with want.
Poor in resources and expedients, of a limited conception; of a narrow understanding; unequal to an arduous enterprise.
POOR or PORE, Ind. when it terminates a word, means town, or city; as Viziapore, &c.
POOSE, Ind. the name of a month following Aughun: it in some degree accords with December and January.
POOSHTAY Bundee, Ind. embankments of rivers. It likewise means bridges thrown over rivers.
POOSKUT, Ind. a small weight, measuring eight koonchys, or sixty four handfuls; one koonchy being equal to eight handfuls.
PORSTICK method, in mathematics, is that which determines when, by what means, and how many different ways, any problem may be resolved.
PORPHYRE, Fr. porphyry. A fine red marble.
PORT, Fr. a harbor.
Fermer les PORTS, Fr. to lay a general embargo upon shipping. During the French monarchy this practice frequently occurred for the purpose of securing able bodied seamen.