Bulse vs Burse - What's the difference?
bulse | burse |
(India) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.
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, passage=It also made regular gifts to the Court: "All who could help or hurt at Court," wrote Lord Macaulay, "ministers, mistresses, priests, were kept in good humour by presents of shawls and silks, birds' nests and attar of roses, bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas."
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(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between bulse and burse
is that bulse is (india) a purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc while burse is (obsolete) a purse.bulse
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)