Definition of purse

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Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit..

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Bursar :: Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery..
Purse :: Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
Sea Pincushion :: Sea pincushion () A sea purse.
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
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..
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..
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
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..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Bursiform :: Bursiform (a.) Shaped like a purse.
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
B :: B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The sma
Knittle :: Knittle (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
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 (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
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