pool 
6. A combination intended by concert of ac- 
tion to make or control changes in market rates. 
More specifically (a) A joint adventure by several owners 
of a specified stock or other security temporarily subject- 
ing all their holdings to the same control (or the purposes 
of a speculative operation, in which any sacrifice of the 
shares contributed by one, and any profit on the shares 
contributed by another, shall !>< shared by all alike, (b) 
A combination of the interest* of several otherwise com- 
peting parties, such as rival transportation lines, in which 
all take common ground as regards the public, and distrib- 
ute the profits of the business among themselves equally 
or according to special agreement. In this sense pooling 
is a system of reconciling conflicting interests, and of ol> 
v fating ruinous competition, by which the several compet- 
ing parties or companies throw their revenue into one com- 
mon fund, which is then divided or redistributed among 
the members of the pool on a basis of percentages or pro 
previously agreed upon or determined by arbitra- 
JndpooL i . 
which Is known only to the organizers, to whom the other 
4610 
The wanes did ryse so high and thicke, breaking some- 
time vpon I he pupprn of the shippes, and sometimes vp on 
the side, that the shypmen began to vale the salles. 
J. Brmde, tr. of yuintus Curtiua, foL 263. 
The barge she sat In like a bumlsh'd throne 
Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold. 
ShaJc., A. and ('., ii. 2. 197. 
2. A deck above tbe ordinary deck in the after- 
Si>rtions previously agreed upon or determined oy . 
on. Blind pool, a pool or combination the pmjKHie of 
i is known only to the organizers, to whom the other 
members of the pool leave the entire management of the 
transaction. See def. O(o). Pin-pool, a game played on 
a bllliurd-tuble with three balls, and Mve small pins, num- 
bered from one to five. The object of each player is, with 
the pins he upsets and :i number assigned specially to him- 
self, to score 81 points. 
pooi'-^po'l),^. [<.pool%, w.] I. truns. To put into 
oiie common fund or stock for the purpose of 
dividing or redistributing in certain propor- 
tions; make into a common fund: as, lo pool 
interests. 
The common method of accomplishing this [dividing the 
traffic between competing lines! is to p<>,,l the receipts and 
to redistribute them on percentages based upon experience 
and decided by an arbitrator. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 5t>7. 
To pool issues. See inme. 
II. intrang. To form a pool ; make common 
cause in some matter. 
Most of the class who may IK? called railroad professors 
favor "pooling under regulation." 
The Nation, XL VII. 4H. 
pOol s t, . A Middle English form of yWe 1 . 
pool-ball (pol'bal), H. One of the ivory balls 
used in the game of pool. 
pooler (ptt'ler), ii. An instrument for stirring 
a tan-vat. 
pool-room (pol'rom), n. A room in which pools 
on races, etc., are sold. 
pool-rush, n. See pole-rush. 
pool-seller (pOl'sel'er), n. One who sells 
pools on any event, as a horse-race, boat-race, 
election, etc. 
pool-snipe (pbTsnip), H. The redshank, Totaling 
calidris : so called from its haunts. [Eng.] 
pool-ticket (poVtik'et), . A ticket entitling 
the holder to a share in the proceeds of a pool. 
See pool' 2 , n. 
poon (pSn), . See poontoood. 
poonahlite (pO'iia-lit), . [< Poonnh (see def.) 
+ Gr. A'(tof, stone.] A variety of soolecite from 
Poonah in India. 
poona-wood (po'na-witd), . Same as pooii- 
wood. 
poqnay-oil, poon-oil (po'na-oil, pon'oil), . A 
thick dark-green oil of strong scent and bitter 
taste, derived from the seeds of Calophyllum 
Inopliylluni. iu India, used in lamps and medici- 
nally. Also called poonsee/l-oll and keena-oil. 
poondet, ". A Middle English form of pourf 1 . 
poondy-oil (poVdi-oil), . A yellowish con- 
crete oil derived from the seeds of Myristica 
Midabai-ica in India, used as an application to 
ulcers and otherwise. 
poonga-oil (po'ng'gii-oil), n. A fixed oil derived 
from the seeds of 'Pongamia glabra in India, 
there used as an inferior lamp-oil alone or in 
mixture, and as a medicinal stimulant. 
poongi, n. Same &8}>uitgi. 
poongy, poonghee (pong'gi, -ge), n. [< Burm. 
p'luiH-gijl, 'great glory. J In Burma, a Bud- 
dhist priest or monk. 
The yellow-draped and meditative poonghee, barefooted 
and with shaven crown, attended by a boy. 
J. W. Palmer, Up and Down the Irrawaddl, p. 190, 
poon-oil, . See poouay-oi I. 
poonseed-oil (pon'sed-oil), n. Same as poonay- 
oil. 
poon-spar (po'n'spar), n. A spar made of poon- 
wood. 
poon-wood (pon'wud), N. [< E. Ind. (Malay) 
poon + E. wood.] The commercial name for 
several East Indian woods suitable for various 
uses, but particularly for making spars, for 
which they are specially fitted by a straight 
growth, light weight, and good degree of stiff- 
iir-is. They appear to be derived mainly from species of 
Calopliiilluni C. Btirmanni, C. tomentoann, C. Inophyl- 
Imn, and for the region of Pcnang the doubtful C. oiytw- 
li/i'li'inii being assigned as sources. Alsoj)ooH<l-wod. 
poop 1 (pi>p >, n. [Formerly also poup, /">/", 
l/l>l>e, < OF. pin/I" . i><ii>pe, V.fwiipc = Pr. Sp. 
Pg. pnpa = It. poppa, < \A. pit/ipix, the stern of a 
ship,] 1. The stern or aftermost part of ;i ship. 
Ship of Wax with High Foop, i;th century. 
most part of aship. Breakofthepoop. s 
In poop* [OF. enpouppej, astern. 
The wlndes blow Drniely for certaine times, with the 
which they goe to 1'egu with the wlnde m poope. 
HaJcIuyl't Voynyet, II. 237. 
poop 1 (po'p),r. t. [Formerly also poupe; (poop*, 
n.] 1. .\aut., to break heavily over the stern 
or quarter of (a ship) ; drive in the stern of. 
He was pooped with a sea that almost sent him to the 
bottom. Smollett, Sir L. Greaves, xvii. 
2. To trick ; cheat ; cozen. [Prov. Eug.] 
But there Ich was pouyte indeed. 
Up. >((/?, Hammer Gurton's Needle, Ii. 1. 
poop- (pop), H. [< F. poupee, in arch., poppy, 
poppy-head: see poppy'*.] In arch., a poppy- 
head. 
poop 3 (p*>p). i'. i. [< D. poepen, break wind; 
imitative; cf. pi>p l , and ME. poupen, blow u 
horn.] To break wind. [Vulgar.] 
P00p :1 (pop), " [< L>. ]><><"]>, a breaking of wind, 
from the verb.] An act of breaking wind. 
[Vulgar.] 
poop-Cabin (piip'kab'in), H. A cabin under 
the poop-deck. See deck, 2. 
Every part of the ship was already occupied. Another 
order soon came for the construction of a pnop-catnn. 
W. Cotton, Deck and Port, p. 14. 
poop-lantem (pOp'lan'tern), H. A lantern car- 
ried at night on the taffrail to denote a flag- 
ship, or to servo as a signal. 
poor (por), a. [< ME.j>our,poure,pore,porer,]><>- 
rere,porre, < OF. porre, poim; porerc, F. ponrrc 
= Sp. Pg. pobre = It. porern, < Li.paui>er, poor: 
Beewatfper.] 1. Possessing little; destitute of 
wealth: opposed to rich : as, ayioorman; upoor 
community. 
Ther made the lond full popere, the folk ded thei slo. 
Hob. o/ BniniK, p. 7. 
/'.'/- of possessioun In purse and In coffrc. 
Pirn I'lotrniaH (1!), xill. 301. 
lie, being rich, shall be Iwrn of a poor Maid. 
//..'.'/. Letters, iv. 43. 
Yon may think I do not deserve to be rich ; but I hope 
you will likewise observe I can 111 afford to be poor. 
Steelt, Tatler, No. 124. 
2. Lacking means to procure the comforts of 
life; indigent; needy; necessitous; specifical- 
ly, iu lair, so destitute or impoverished as to 
be dependent upon charity, or upon the poor- 
rates; pauper. 
In good felth yet had I lever 
Than to covelte In such a weye 
To ben for ever till I dele 
As pooer as Job and loveless. 
Guavr, Conf. Amant, II. 211. 
In prison thou shalt Olid me poor and broken. 
Flcicher, Beggars' bush, ill. 2. 
What poor attend my charity to-day, wench? 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, 1. 1. 
He [Linmriisl was so poor as to be obliged to mend his 
shoes with folded paper, and often to beg his meals of his 
friends. J. P. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 41. 
I have observed, the more public provisions are made 
for the poor, the less they provide for themselves. 
/YnnJHin. 
3. Deficient in or destitute of desirable or es- 
sential qualities ; lacking those qualities which 
render a thing valuable, desirable, suitable, or 
sufficient for its purpose; inferior; bad: as, 
poor bread ; poor uealth ; cattle in poor condi- 
tion. 
The Brian flora Is comparatively poor, and its type* are 
hi the main similar to those of the Carboniferous. 
Dauaon, Geol. Hist, of Plants, p. 264. 
In particular (a) Of little consequence ; trifling ; inslg- 
nincant ; paltry : as, a poor excuse. 
That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or 
apology at the last day. Calamy, Sermons. 
Poor is the contentment that cat. be found in virtue 
and religion, if It stretch no farther than to the end of 
this life. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xl.. Pref. 
(b) Mean ; shabby : as. a pour outfit ; poor surroundings. 
poorfnl 
On the North aide, a large square Piazza, encompau'd 
with 1'lllara, and on the Kant some poor remains of a great 
Church. MauiulreU, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 60. 
As shines the moon through clouded skies 
She In her poor attire was seen. 
TVunywn, The Beggar Maid. 
(c) Lean ; meager ; emaciated : aa, poor cattle. 
Thin and poor as a late chicken. & Judd, Margaret, L 4. 
/) Lacking In fertility ; barren ; exhausted : as, poor land. 
Part of the distance lay over poor country, covered with 
tl-tree, box, and Ironbark saplings. 
A. C. OratU, hush Life In Queensland, L 48. 
(e) Lacking In spirit or vigor; feeble; Impotent. 
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. 
Shall.. Othello, ii. 3. 36. 
His spirit Is but poor that can be kept 
From death for want of weapona. 
lltati. and t'l., Maid's Tragedy, T. 4. 
Art thou to poof to blench at what thou hast done? 
Is conscience a comrade for an old soldier? 
I'l'-i.-hir (and another), False One, Iv. S. 
(/) Destitute of merit or worth; barren; Jejune: as, a 
n discourse ; a poor esaay. 
'nfortuuate; to be pitied or regretted: much 
used colloquially as a vague epitnct indicative 
of sympathy or pity for one who is sick, feeble, 
or unhappy, or of regret for one who is dead. 
And In gret reverence and charitee 
Hire olde poure fader fostred she. 
Chaitcrr, Clerk's Tale, 1. 876. 
Poor Jack, farewell ! 
I could have better spared a better man. 
Shut., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. IDS. 
Poor little pretty, fluttering Thing, 
Must we no longer live together? 
Prior, Inilt. of Hadrian's Address to his Soul. 
Poor things ! as thecase stands with them even now, you 
might take the heart out of their bodies, and they never 
Hnd It out, they are sae l>egrutten. Scott, Monastery, viil. 
Get out, and don't come slandering, and backbiting, and 
bullying that poor devil of a boy any more. 
Thackeray, Philip, xxl. 
My poor dear ! What has made thy heart -o sore as to 
come and cry a-thls ons'.' Diekent, Lizzie Leigh, ill. 
5. Miserable; wretched: used in contempt. 
The sufferings of those jworblgolted creatures, the mar- 
tyrs, made mighty Impressions ii|K>n men. 
Itp. Atterbury, Seimons, I. ill. 
As a murderer, he was a uoor creature ; as an artist In 
gold, he was Inimitable. be Quincry, Secret Societies, I. 
6. Humble; slight; insignificant: used modest- 
ly iu speaking of things pertaining to one's self. 
And for mine own poor part, 
Look you, I'll go pray. Shot.. Hamlet, I. :.. 131. 
The estate which I should leave In-hind me of any esti- 
mation Is in) ;'/ fame in the memory of my friends. 
Dt'titif, Letters, xiv. 
I haxl carried my poor pitcher to that well often enough, 
I thought, and was resolved never asuln to risk Its fracture. 
Lou-ell, Address in behalf of International Copyright, 
(Nov. 28, 1SS7. 
Guardians of the poor. l*ce guardian. Overseen of 
the poor. See ooenrrr.- Poor Clares. See Clariae. 
Poor debtor. See debtor. Poor in spirit, spiritually 
humble. Mat. v. 3. - Poor Knight of Windsor. Same 
as WindMir Kniyht (which see, under kniyht*. Poor law. 
See (ntrl.-Poor man's herb. In Knglaml, the hedge- 
hyssop, (iraiuila iifidiuili* ~ Poor man's parmacety, in 
England, the shepherd's-purse, Cajarlla Buria-pattont. 
Poor man's pepper. Htxpepprr. - 1 oor man s plaster. 
Sec platter. Poor man's treacle, In England, the onion, 
AUfum Cepa. Poor man's weather-glass. *ame as 
pimpernel, 4. Poor Priests. See pried.- Poor Robin, 
all almanac : said to be so called from a series of alma- 
naca brought out by Robert tlerilck in the seventeenth 
century. 
I was Informed she discern 'd by the beat of the pulse a 
Feast from a Kerls, without the help of poor Holnn. 
Gentleman Indntclfd, p. 120. (Dane*.) 
Poor's box, a box for receiving contributions for the poor ; 
a poor-box. 
She draws her month till it positively resembles the 
aperture of a poor'i box, and all her words appear to slide 
out edgewise. Sheridan, School for Scandal, 11. 2. 
The policeman took me off to Clerkenwell, but the ma- 
gistrates, Instead of sending me to prison, gave me 2s. out 
of the poor'f-ioz. 
Mayhetc, London Labour and London Poor, II. 88. 
poorblindt, a. An obsolete form of purblind. 
poor-box (por'boks), H. A box for receiving 
contributions of money for the poor, usually 
set at the entrance of a church, 
pooren (poVn), . t. [<.poor + -enl.] To make 
poor; impoverish. [Rare or provincial.] 
A foolish wife and a back doorfworrn a man. 
Bookr </ Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), L OB, marginal 
(note. 
poor-farm (pOr'farm), n. A farm maintained 
at public expense for the housing and support 
of paupers. 
poorfu' (|>8r'fu), a. A Scotch form of powerful. 
poorfult (por'ful). a. [< ME. >.,<//. porful; 
< poor + -//.] Poor : mean ; shabby, 
lesn, swete sone dere ! 
On purfvl lied list tliou here ; 
And that me greueth sore ; 
For tl,i crnilel is ase a owe. 
1'iiitical Poeint, etc. (ed. Furnivall\ p. 226 
