Definition of purse

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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..

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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..
Unline :: Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse..
Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..
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.
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..
Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, 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..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
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..
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
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..
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..
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 (n.) A specific sum of mone.
Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Bag :: Bag (n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament..
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
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..
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