Definition of purse

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Purse (n.) A specific sum of mone.

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Leathern :: Leathern (a.) Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended.
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.
Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..
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..
Unpursed :: Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money..
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Purseful :: Purseful (n.) All that is, or can be, contained in a purse; enough to fill 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..
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..
Purse :: Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
Pickpurse :: Pickpurse (n.) One who steals purses, or money from purses..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Purse-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.
Sea Purse :: Sea purse () The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks..
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea purse.
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
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