Definition of purse

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Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

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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..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
Knittle :: Knittle (n.) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Cobbing :: Cobbing (a.) Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2..
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..
Purse :: Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.
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..
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.
Bursar :: Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery..
Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..
Line :: Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.
Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..
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..
Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
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