purse
purse is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
- 2.A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
- 3.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 (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation.
- 4.To put into a purse. I will go and purse the ducats straight. Shak.
- 5.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.
- 6.To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.] I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- accept
- acceptance
- accipient
- account
- accountant
- accrue
- acquire
- acquisition
- admission
- admit
- advance
- almoner
- almsman
- ante
- application
- apply
- arrear
- assignee
- bag
- bank
- banker
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- bearer
- become
- behind
- behindhand
- beneficiary
- bestow
- beyond
- bleed
- bogus
- both
- bought
- box
- break
- breeches
- bribe
- bursar
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is purse.
- What is hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse called?
- What is a sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse called?
- What is to put into a purse. I will go and purse the ducats straight. Shak called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.] I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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