pursed, ppl. a.
(pɜːst)
[f. purse v. + -ed.]
1. Drawn into close folds or wrinkles; drawn together, puckered. Usually with up.
| 1665 Hooke Microgr. 148 The other..was usually purs'd or wrinckled in the bending of the knee. 1833 H. Martineau Fr. Wines & Pol. i. 4 His large light blue eyes and pursed⁓up mouth. 1838 Dickens O. Twist xvii, Mr. Brownlow looked apprehensively at Mr. Bumble's pursed-up countenance. 1891 S. Baring-Gould Troubadour Land ii. 28 She sat scowling, with pursed lips. 1937 V. Woolf Years 289 Maids..with their inscrutable, pursed-up faces. 1955 P. Larkin Less Deceived 34 Threading my pursed-up way across the park. |
2. Supplied with money. (See also purse v. 3.)
| 1893 ‘A. Hope’ Change of Air xv, The unending talks with fellows like-minded and like-pursed. |