welfare and charity

charity keeps adversities at bay

charity begins at home

wasteful expenditure, irrational spending

charity, alms

turner (of wood, etc.), turner's lathe

to set right, correct

charge or allowance for charitable gifts or endowments

alms hall, charity house, almshouse, poor house

very old and experienced person

question closely, searchingly or minutely

question closely, searchingly or minutely

shining, bright

one who lives on or who devours scraps or leavings, one who sponges, a dependant

given to flattering, a flatterer, a sycophant

an adulteress, a strumpet

cheat, swindler, a borrower who never pays