Defn: The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.
13. pl. (Physiol.)
Defn: The menses. In course, in regular succession.
— Of course, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or
natural order.
— In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of
human events." T. Jefferson.
Syn. — Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress.
COURSE
Course, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coursed (krst)); p. pr. & vb. n.
Coursing.]
1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. We coursed him at the heels. Shak.
2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.
3. To run through or over. The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. Pope.
COURSE
Course, v. i.
1. To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.