Definition of purse

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

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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.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Purser :: Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
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..
Crumenal :: Crumenal (n.) A purse.
Pursefuls :: Pursefuls (pl. ) of Pursefu.
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 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-proud :: Purse-proud (a.) Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Pursership :: Pursership (n.) The office of purser.
Scrotiform :: Scrotiform (a.) Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
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 (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters..
Purset :: Purset (n.) A purse or purse net.
Purse :: Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans..
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..
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