Beg"gar*y (?), n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.]
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.
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Beg"gar*y, a.
Beggarly.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
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