Purse

n.	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. 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 Light purse poverty or want of resources. Long purse wealth; riches. Purse crab (Zool.) 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. Purse pride pride of money; insolence proceeding from the possession of wealth. - Mortimer. Purse rat (Zool.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. - Bp. Hall. Sword and purse the military power and financial resources of a nation.
v. t.	1.	To put into a purse. [imp. & p. p. Pursed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursing.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To steal purses; to rob. I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. - Beau. & Fl.

Noun	1.	purse - a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" Synonyms: handbag, pocketbook, bag
	2.	purse - 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.	purse - a small bag for carrying money
	4.	purse - a sum of money offered as a prize; "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
Verb	1.	purse - contract one's lips into a rounded shape
	2.	purse - gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" Synonyms: wrinkle

PURSE. In Turkey the sum of five hundred dollars is called a purse. Merch. Dict. h.t.

To dream that you are carrying a purse, signifies secrets which are being closely held and guarded. To dream that you lost your purse, denotes loss of power and control of possessions. It also suggests that you may have lost touch with your real identity.Swiss bank account, abbreviate, and pence, assets, award, bag, balance, bank account, billfold, bottom dollar, bucks, budget, capital, cash, cash reserves, checking account, circumscribe, coarct, cocker, cockle, command of money, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, corrugate, cramp, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, curtail, decrease, dollars, dough, draw, draw in, draw together, exchequer, filthy lucre, finances, fund, funds, furrow, gift, handbag, income, kitty, knit, knot, life savings, lolly, loot, means, money, money belt, money clip, moneys, narrow, nest egg, pecuniary resources, pelf, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pool, porte-monnaie, pouch, pounds, present, prize, pucker, pucker up, purse strings, ready, reduce, reserves, resources, revenue, reward, riches, ridge, rimple, ripple, ruck, ruckle, rumple, savings, savings account, scratch, shekels, shillings, shirr, shorten, solidify, strangle, strangulate, substance, treasure, treasury, unregistered bank account, wallet, wealth, wherewithal, wimple, wrinkle

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