COURSES, noun plural 1. In a ship, the principal sails, as the main sail, fore sail, and mizen; sometimes the name is given to the stay sails on the lower masts; also to the main stay sails of all brigs and schooners. 2. Catamenia; menstrual flux. COURSE, verb transitive 1. To hunt; to pursue; to chase. We coursed him at the heels. 2. To cause to run; to force to move with speed. 3. To run through or over. The blood courses the winding arteries. The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. COURSE, verb intransitive To run; to move with speed; to run or move about; as, the blood courses The grayhounds coursed through the fields.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI