English to English Dictionary -pursefu

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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.

Dispurse :: Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.

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

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.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..

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..

Purse :: Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.

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

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

Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.

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

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

Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.

Pursed :: Pursed (imp. & p. p.) of Purs.

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

Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.

Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..

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..

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

Pursership :: Pursership (n.) The office of purser.

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

Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..

Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..

Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.