purreIc

[Eng. purre (e); -ic.] Contained in, or derived from purree (q. v.).' purreic-acid, s . [EUXANTHIC ACID.] pŭr-ren-ōne, s. [PURREE.] [EUXANTHONE.] pŭr-rock, s . [PARROCK.] A paddock. pūrse, *pors, *purs, *burs, s . [O. Fr. borse (Fr. bourse )=a purse, from Low Lat. bursa =a purse, from Gr. byrsē a skin or hide; Ital. bors a ; Sp. & Port, bolsa ; Dan. & Sw. börs ; Dut. beurs .] 1. A small bag, pouch, or case in which money is contained or carried in the pocket. 2. Hence, treasury, resources, finance; as, to exhaust the public purse . 3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to present a person with a purse of money. 4. A specific sum of money. In Turkey it consists of 500 Turkish piastres, and its value is $22; in Egypt a purse consists of 500 tariff piastres, value $25; in Persia, 50 tomans, value $107. (1) A light purse, an empty purse: Poverty, want of resources. (2) A long purse , a heavy purse: Wealth, riches, large resources. (3) Sword and purse: The military power and wealth of a nation. (4) To make a purse: To put together a sum of money.