Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..

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Purseful :: Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..
Unline :: Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.
Sea Pincushion :: Sea pincushion () A sea purse.
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Burse :: Burse (n.) A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull..
Marsipobranchia :: Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii..
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..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.
Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
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