Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie..

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Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
Leathern :: Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene..
Penduline :: Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers..
Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.
Pursership :: Pursership (n.) The office of purser.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..
Cobbing :: Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
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