Pursing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purse \Purse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pursed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pursing}.]
     1. To put into a purse.
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              I will go and purse the ducats straight. --Shak.


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     2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the
        mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
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              Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow.
                                                    --Shak.
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