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Burse   Listen
noun
Burse  n.  
1.
A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. (Obs.)
2.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. (Scot.)
3.
(Eccl.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.
4.
An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.
5.
A kind of bazaar. (Obs.) "She says she went to the burse for patterns."






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"Burse" Quotes from Famous Books



... finny tribe was born in Stafford, in August 1593. We hear of him first as settled in London, following the trade of a sempster, or linen-draper, having a shop in the Royal Burse, in Cornhill, which was 'seven feet and a half long, and five wide,' and where he became possessed of a moderate fortune. He spent his leisure time in fishing 'with honest Nat and R. Roe.' From the Royal Burse, he removed to Fleet Street, where he had 'one half of ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan



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