pursing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Purse \Purse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursing.]

1.To put into a purse. [1913 Webster]

I will go and purse the ducats straight.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit. [1913 Webster]

Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow.— Shak.[1913 Webster]