Definition of purse

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

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Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
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..
Dispurse :: Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.
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..
Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..
Leathern :: Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.
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..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Sea Pincushion :: Sea pincushion () A sea purse.
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
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..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit..
Cutpurse :: Cutpurse (n.) One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocke.
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
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