PURSE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English purs, from Old English, modification of Medieval Latin bursa, from Late Latin, ox hide, from Greek byrsa Date: before 12th century 1. a. a small bag for money, a receptacle (as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects, a receptacle (as a pouch) shaped like a ~, 2. resources, funds, a sum of money offered as a prize or present, ~like adjective II. transitive verb (~d; pursing) Date: 14th century to put into a ~, pucker , knit