Definition of purse

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

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Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
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..
Leathern :: Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse..
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..
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) 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..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
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..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
Purse :: Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
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..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Bursiform :: Bursiform (a.) Shaped like a purse.
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
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