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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..

Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..

Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.

Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.

Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.

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..

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..

Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..

Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..

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.) Taken from the purse; expended.

Sea Pincushion :: Sea pincushion () A sea purse.

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.

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..

Purseful :: Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill a purse..

Cobbing :: Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2..

Unline :: Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse..

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..

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