Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Burse

Burse ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Late Latin bursa, or French bourse. See Bourse, and compare Bursch, Purse.]

1.
A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obsolete] — Holland
2.
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scottish]
3.
(Ecclesiastical) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. — Shipley
4.
An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.
5.
A kind of bazaar. [Obsolete]
She says she went to the burse for patterns. — Old Play