Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purse"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Purse
(1.) Gr. balantion, a bag (Luke 10:4; 22:35, 36).
(2.) Gr. zone, properly a girdle (Matt. 10:9; Mark 6:8), a
money-belt. As to our Lord's sending forth his disciples without
money in their purses, the remark has been made that in this
"there was no departure from the simple manners of the country.
At this day the farmer sets out on excursions quite as extensive
without a para in his purse; and a modern Moslem prophet of
Tarshisha thus sends forth his apostles over this identical
region. No traveller in the East would hestitate to throw
himself on the hospitality of any village." Thomson's Land and
the Book. (See {SCRIP}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purse \Purse\, v. i.
To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.]
I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. --Beau. &
Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purse
n 1: a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or
accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her
bag and found a comb" [syn: {bag}, {handbag}, {pocketbook}]
2: a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse;
"he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and
his wife shared a common purse"
3: a small bag for carrying money
4: a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered
the winner's expenses"
v 1: contract one's lips into a rounded shape
2: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse
ones's lips" [syn: {wrinkle}]
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