bulse

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5

Definition of bulse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
    “[L]et me then comfort myself with the large treasure of Johnson's conversation which I have preserved for my own entertainment and that of the world, and let me exhibit what I have upon each occasion, whether more or less, whether a bulse, or only a few sparks of a diamond.”
    “bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bolsa. Doublet of purse and bolsa.

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