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Definition of Bulse
1. n. A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc.
Definition of Bulse
1. Noun. (India) A purse or bag in which to carry or measure diamonds, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bulse
1. a small bag for diamonds [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulse
Literary usage of Bulse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"From the context, ‘I whether a bulse or only a few sparks of a diamond,” it would
... HW ‘5 The Nizam of the Deccan sent a bulse of diamonds, sealed up, ..."
2. Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1845)
"I delivered the letter and the bulse publicly to one of his majesty's secretaries
of state. Whether the bulse did or did not contain a valuable diamond, ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"... 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. ..."
4. Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to by Gilbert Elliot Minto (1874)
"... there was a buzz run about the whole house of a bulse, a bulse.1 This story
of Hastings' diamond seems to have made a proper impression ; and Major ..."
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