Index of English words, starting with "pu"

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

(1) - Purser (n.) Colloquially, any paymaster or cashier.
(2) - Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.
(3) - Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.