Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse..

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Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
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..
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Bursiform :: Bursiform (a.) Shaped like a purse.
Purse :: 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..
Cobbing :: Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse..
Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.
Bursar :: Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Sport :: Sporran (n.) A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress..
Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc..
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..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.
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