bourse, n.f., purse; hair-bag; purse-net; saddle-bag; scholarship; foundation; (anat.) sac; (bot.) wrapper; (surg.) suspensory bandage; (com.) exchange. Coupeur de —; cut-throat. Avoir la —; to keep the money. Faire — commune; to live in common. Faire — à part; to keep one’s own money. La — ou la vie! your money or your life! Aller à la —; to go to the Exchange, to go on ’Change. Loger le diable en sa —; to be penniless. Avoir toujours la — à la main; to be always dipping into one’s purse. Sans — délier; without expense.
bourses, n.f.pl., scrotum.
boursette, n.f., small purse.
boursicaut, n.m., small purse; small sum.
boursier, n.m., purse-maker; foundation scholar, exhibitioner.
*boursiller, v.n., to club together; to fork out.
bourson, n.m., fob, little pocket.
boursouflage, n.m., bombast, fustian.
boursouflé, -e, adj., bloated; bombastic, inflated, turgid. Style —; turgid style.
boursoufler, v.a., to bloat, to make turgid, to puff up.