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Purse
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- 1 A surname from Middle English.
- 1 A small bag for carrying money.
"And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet."
- 2 a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) wordnet
- 3 A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items) US
"Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather."
- 4 a small bag for carrying money wordnet
- 5 A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
"It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns."
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- 6 a sum of money offered as a prize wordnet
- 7 A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia. historical
- 8 a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse wordnet
- 1 To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. transitive
"1901, Matilde Serao, The Land of Cockayne, translator not credited, London: Heinemann, Chapter IV, p. 72, https://archive.org/details/landofcockayne00seraiala The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun."
- 2 contract one's lips into a rounded shape wordnet
- 3 To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
"[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]"
- 4 gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker wordnet
- 5 To put into a purse.
"And I will go and purse the ducats straight,"
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- 6 To steal purses; to rob. intransitive, obsolete, rare
"Why I'll purse; if that raise me not, I'll bet at bowling alleys, or man whores: I would fain live by others."
Etymology
From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”), Dutch beurs (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).
From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”). Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”), Dutch beurs (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).
A metonymic occupational surname for someone who made bags or purses, from Middle English purse.
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