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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Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Dispurse :: Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.
Line :: Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money..
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..
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc..
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.
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..
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..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
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.
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..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public 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..
Knittle :: Knittle (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
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..
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