Without possessions, destitute, indigent, needy; scantily furnished. Const. of, rarely in: see b.

With in or (now archaic) of. Having a want or deficiency of some (specified or implied) possession or quality; lacking, ill-supplied.

Scantily furnished, ill provided. †Also, scant of, wanting in.

Lacking or defective in some quality, skill, etc.; esp. lacking in rhetorical art (cf. sense A. 17a). Obsolete.

Lacking in what is requisite; falling short of the proper measure or standard; wanting, deficient. archaic. (In quot. 1596, said of the thing wanted.)

That is lacking or deficient in something implied by the context. More generally: lacking money or the necessaries of life; poor, needy. Also in…

Poorly supplied. rare.