Possible Definitions:
1. Purse (n.) 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.
2. Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
3. Purse (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
4. Purse (n.) A specific sum of money
5. Purse (n.) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
6. Purse (n.) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
7. Purse (v. t.) To put into a purse.
8. Purse (v. t.) To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
9. Purse (v. i.) To steal purses; to rob.
