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Webster 1913 Edition
Beggary
1.
The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2.
Beggarly appearance.
[R.]
The freedom and the
beggary
of the old studio. Thackeray.
Syn. – Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
Beg′gar-y
,Adj.
Beggarly.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Beggary
BEG'GARY
,Noun.