Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..

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Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
Purseful :: Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill 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..
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..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
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..
Burse :: Burse (n.) A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull..
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.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Unline :: Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's 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.
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Line :: Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money..
Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.
Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc..
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..
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
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