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Webster 1913 Edition
Course
1.
The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
And when we had finished our
course
from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7.
2.
The ground or path traversed; track; way.
The same horse also run the round
course
at Newmarket. Pennant.
3.
Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.
A light by which the Argive squadron steers
Their silent
Their silent
course
to Ilium’s well known shore. Dennham.
Westward the
course
of empire takes its way. Berkeley.
4.
Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction;
as, a ship in a long voyage makes many
; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; courses
; a course
measured by a surveyor between two stationsas, one
. course
of a race5.
Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action;
as, the
. course
of an argumentThe
course
of true love never did run smooth. Shakespeare
6.
Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.
By
course
of nature and of law. Davies.
Day and night,
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost,
Shall hold their
Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost,
Shall hold their
course
. Milton.
7.
Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.
My lord of York commends the plot and the general
course
of the action. Shakespeare
By perseverance in the
course
prescribed. Wodsworth.
You hold your
course
without remorse. Tennyson.
8.
A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed;
as, a
. course
of medicine; a course
of lectures on chemistry9.
The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
He appointed . . . the
courses
of the priests 2 Chron. viii. 14.
10.
That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.
He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several
courses
, paid court to venal beauties. Macaulay.
11.
(Arch.)
A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
Gwilt.
12.
(Naut.)
The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel;
as, the fore
course
, main course
, etc.13.
pl.
(Physiol.)
The menses.
Syn. – Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress.
Course
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coursed
(k?rst)
); p. pr. & vb. n.
Coursing
.] 1.
To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.
We
coursed
him at the heels. Shakespeare
2.
To cause to chase after or pursue game;
as, to
. course
greyhounds after deer3.
To run through or over.
The bounding steed
courses
the dusty plain. Pope.
Course
,Verb.
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 Lancashire2.
To move with speed; to race;
as, the blood
. courses
through the veinsShak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Course
COURSE
,Noun.
1.
In its general sense, a passing; a moving, or motion forward, in a direct or curving line; applicable to any body or substance, solid or fluid.Applied to animals, a running, or walking; a race; a career; a passing, or passage, with any degree of swiftness indefinitely.
Applied to fluids, a flowing, as in a stream in any direction; as a straight course, or winding course. It is applied to water or other liquids, to air or wind, and to light, in the sense of motion or passing.
Applied to solid bodies, it signifies motion or passing; as the course of a rolling stone; the course of a carriage; the course of the earth in its orbit.
Applied to navigation, it signifies a passing or motion on water, or in balloons in air; a voyage.
2.
The direction of motion; line of advancing; point of compass, in which motion is directed; as, what course shall the pilot steer? In technical language, the angel contained between the nearest meridian and that point of compass on which a ship sails in any direction.3.
Ground on which a race is run.4.
A passing or process; the progress of any thing; as the course of an argument, or of a debate; a course of thought or reflexion.5.
Order of proceeding or of passing from an ancestor to an heir; as the course of descent in inheritance.6.
Order; turn; class; succession of one to another in office, or duty.The chief fathers of every course. 1 Chronicles 27.
Solomon appointed the courses of the priests. 2 Chronicles 8.
7.
Stated and orderly method of proceeding; usual manner. He obtained redress in due course of law. Leave nature to her course.8.
Series of successive and methodical procedure; a train of acts, or applications; as a course of medicine administered.9.
A methodical series, applied to the arts or sciences; a systemized order of principles in arts or sciences, for illustration of instruction. We say, the author has completed a course of principles or of lectures in philosophy. Also, the order pursued by a student; as, he has completed a course of studies in law or physics.10.
Manner of proceeding; way of life or conduct; deportment; series of actions.That I might finish my course with joy. Acts 20.
Their course is evil. Jeremiah 23.
11.
Line of conduct; manner of proceeding; as, we know not what course to pursue. 12.
Natural bent; propensity; uncontrolled will. Let not a perverse child take his own course.13.
Tilt; act of running in the lists.14.
Orderly structure; system.The tongue setteth on fire the course of nature. James 3.
15.
Any regular series. In architecture, a continued range of stones, level or of the same highth, throughout the whole length of the building, and not interrupted by any aperture. A laying of bricks, &c.16.
The dishes set on table at one time; service of meat.17.
Regularity; order; regular succession; as, let the classes follow in course.18.
Empty form; as, compliments are often words of course.Of course, by consequence; in regular or natural order; in the common manner of proceeding; without specila direction or provision. This effect will follow of course. If the defendant resides no in the state, the cause is continued of course.