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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..

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..

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..

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

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..

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

Bursar :: Bursar (n.) A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery..

Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.

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

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

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

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..

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle..

B :: B () is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, // 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The sma

Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..

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..

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

Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..

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

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.

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