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Definition of Purses

Purse
Purse Purse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursing.] 1. To put into a purse. I will go and purse the ducats straight. --Shak. 2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit. Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
Purse
Purse Purse, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. ? hide, skin, leather. Cf. Bourse, Bursch, Bursar, Buskin.] 1. 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. --Chaucer. Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak. 2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse. 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse. 4. A specific sum of money; as: (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters. (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans. Light purse, or Empty purse, poverty or want of resources. Long purse, or Heavy purse, wealth; riches. Purse crab (Zo["o]l.), any land crab of the genus Birgus, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also palm crab. Purse net, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer. Purse pride, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall. Purse rat. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation.

Meaning of Purses from wikipedia

- Look up purse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A purse is a small bag that may refer to: Coin purse, small pouch made for carrying coins Handbag, in...
- women wore purses. They were often finely embroidered or ornamented with gold. It was also customary for men to give their new brides purses embroidered...
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- The power of the purse is the ability of one group to control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting sti****tions on the use...
- Bag-teria Voelpel, Dan (September 5, 2008). "Germophobe develops hanger for purses". THE NEWS TRIBUNE. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved...
- a silk purse of a sow's ear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silk purse may refer to: Silk Purse (Linda Ronstadt album) Operation Silk Purse This disambiguation...
- For the 565 princely states, privy purses ranged from ₹ 5,000 per annum to amounts in millions. About 102 privy purses were of more than a ₹ 100,000 with...
- Purse Caundle is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, about...
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