Definition of purse

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Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.

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Dispurse :: Dispurse (v. t.) To disburse.
Bursiform :: Bursiform (a.) Shaped like a purse.
Sea Barrow :: Sea barrow () A sea 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..
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.
Bulse :: Bulse (n.) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc..
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Cacoon :: Cacoon (n.) One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc..
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..
Unline :: Unline (v. t.) To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Pickpocket :: Pickpocket (n.) One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.
Pursership :: Pursership (n.) The office of purser.
Line :: Line (v. t.) To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money..
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..
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