"Purse" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A purse, prize, or premium ls ordinarily some valuable thing, offered by a person for the doing of something hy others, into strife for which he does not enter. He has not a chance of gaining the thing offered; and, lf he abide hy his offer, that he must lose it and give it over to some of those con-tending for it is reasonably certain. Harris v. white, 81 N. Y. 539
Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
To put into a purse.
To steal purses; to rob.
A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a
present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
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.
To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the
mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
A specific sum of money
They feel guilty for having survived so they pretend the bad things never happened Exodus (1960) screenplay
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adiyus, adiyús {1} farewell (literary). {2} na lámang never mind, forget about s.t. expended for nothing. Ug mupahulam ka níyag …
Read the complete definitionA sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
Read the complete definitionln English law. A bag or purse. Thus there is the petty-bag-ofTice in the com-mou-law jurisdiction of the court of …
Read the complete definitionbíkat - To open—, force—, press—, asunder, tear or pull apart (a purse or the like). Bikáta ang tinápay. Pull …
Read the complete definitionbíngat - To unfold, open, stretch asunder. Bingáta ang bibíg, bábà, bólsa, etc. Open the lips, mouth, purse, etc. Ibíngat …
Read the complete definitionbólsa - (Sp. bolsa) Purse, burse, pocket, money-bag. Kastígo inâ sa bólsa. That is a drain (lit.: punishment) on the …
Read the complete definitionA purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.
Read the complete definitionburíghul - Noise, din, racket, uproar; to be noisy, rowdy, uproarious, boisterous; also adjective: boisterous, etc. (cf. burígál) buríkat, To …
Read the complete definitionLat A purse
Read the complete definitionA purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull.
Read the complete definitionShaped like a purse.
Read the complete definitionbusíkad - To part, press—, pull—, apart, said of hair when searched for lice, etc., to open—, unclasp—, a purse, …
Read the complete definitionOne of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Read the complete definitionHaughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2.
Read the complete definitionTo form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or …
Read the complete definitionA purse.
Read the complete definitionwith satchel and purse. A phrase in old Scotch law
Read the complete definitionone who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common prac-tice when men wore thelr purses at tbeir girdles, …
Read the complete definitionOne who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses …
Read the complete definitiondisgrasya n {1} accident, unfortunate in result. Disgrasya ang íyang namatyan, He died in an accident. Disgrasya tung ákung paglakaw …
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