pursing

Variant of purse

purse definition

purse (pʉrs)

noun

  1. a small bag or pouch for carrying money
  2. financial resources; money
  3. a sum of money collected as a present or given as a prize
  4. ☆ a woman's handbag
  5. anything like a purse in shape, use, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE purs < ML bursa, bag, purse < LL, hide < Gr byrsa

transitive verb pursed, pursing purs′·ing

  1. Archaic to put in a purse
    1. to gather into small folds
    2. to draw (the lips) tightly together, as in disapproval

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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