Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purse \Purse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pursed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pursing}.]
   1. To put into a purse.

            I will go and purse the ducats straight. --Shak.

   2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the
      mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

            Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow.
                                                  --Shak.