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course / kôrs/ • n. 1. [in sing.] the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river. ∎ the way in which something progresses or develops: the course of history. ∎ a procedure adopted to deal with a situation: the wisest course of action. ∎ the route of a race or similar sporting event. ∎ an area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport. 2. a dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal. 3. a series, in particular: ∎ a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, typically leading to a qualification: a business studies course. ∎ Med. a series of repeated treatments or doses of medication. 4. Archit. a continuous horizontal layer of brick, stone, or other material in a building. 5. a pursuit of game (esp. hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent. 6. the lowest sail on a square-rigged mast. 7. a set of adjacent strings on a guitar, lute, etc., tuned to the same note. • v. 1. [intr.] (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow: tears were coursing down her cheeks | fig. exultation coursed through him. 2. [tr.] pursue (game, esp. hares) with greyhounds: many of the hares coursed escaped unharmed | [intr.] she would course for hares with her greyhounds. PHRASES: a matter of coursesee matter. in the course of — 1. undergoing the specified process: a textbook was in the course of preparation. 2. during the specified period: he was a friend to many people in the course of his life. ∎ during and as a part of the specified activity: they became friends in the course of their long walks. in due coursesee due. of course used to introduce an idea or turn of events as being obvious or to be expected. ∎ used to give or emphasize agreement or permission: “Can I see you for a minute?” “Of course.” ∎ introducing a qualification or admission: of course we've been in touch by phone, but I wanted to see things for myself. off course not following the intended route. on course following the intended route. run (or take) its course complete its natural development without interference: his illness had to run its course. |
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"course." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "course." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-course.html "course." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-course.html |
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1. The horizontal angle between the intended direction of travel of a vessel and a reference direction, generally north. The angles between true, magnetic, and compass north and the path of the vessel are known respectively as true course, magnetic course, and compass course. The angular difference between the true and magnetic course is the variation, and that between magnetic and compass course is the deviation. The combination of variation and deviation is the magnetic compass error. Nowadays the compass course of a ship is denoted in three-figure notation from 000° to 359°. With the gyro compass the readings will be true. See also great circle; lay (3); rhumb line. 2. In theory, the sails set upon the lower yards of a square-rigged ship to which bonnets could be attached. The original spelling for these sails was corps or corse. But the original definition of ‘course’ was extended to all sails set on the lower yards irrespective of whether they were adapted to carry bonnets, and they were designated by the name of the mast on which they were set, as fore course, main course, and mizzen course. Gradually staysails set on lower masts and the main staysails of brigs and schooners also became known as courses. A ship which set only foresail, mainsail, and mizzen was said to be under its courses. For illus. see square rig. |
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"course." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "course." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-course.html "course." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-course.html |
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course. Any horizontal level range of bricks, stones, etc., placed according to some rule or order in the construction of a wall, laid evenly. Coursed rubble, for example, is roughly dressed stones of the same height laid in courses, unlike random rubble, which is uncoursed and requires ingenuity in getting the stones to bond. Thus coursed masonry has courses of dressed stones (ashlar) of the same height, yet each course may vary in height. Courses may be described by position or function:base or plinth, blocking (plain course above a cornice weighing down the ends of the cantilevered sections of stone), bond (with every stone, or stones at regular intervals, bonding a wall), lacing (as bond, but with continuous ranges of brick or tile, and with piers every two metres or so, used in a flint wall for bonding, levelling, and strengthening), and string-courses are some examples.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "course." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "course." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-course.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "course." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-course.html |
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course. Term used of str. instrs., particularly lute family, guitar, etc., meaning a group of strs. tuned in unison or in the octave and plucked simultaneously so as to give extra loudness. In 16th cent., lutes had double-courses on lower strs. The single str. g′′ is called a course, thus lutes had 11 strs. in 6 courses. Bass-course is single or double str. running alongside fingerboard without crossing the frets and does not vary in pitch.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-course.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-course.html |
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course running, onward movement; path, direction; progress, order XIII; set of dishes for a meal, one of the successive parts of a meal XIV; series, serial succession; sail attached to lower masts or yards XV. — (O)F. cours :- L. cursus, f. curs-, pp. stem of currere run (cf. CURRENT); reinforced XV by (O)F. course :- Rom. *cursa, sb. use of corr. fem. form of ppl.
Hence course vb. chase, hunt; cause to run; run about. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-course.html T. F. HOAD. "course." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-course.html |
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course kôrs n. the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river: the new fleet changed course to join the other ships.
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"course." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "course." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-course.html "course." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-course.html |
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•coarse, corse, course, divorce, endorse (US indorse), enforce, force, gorse, hoarse, horse, morse, Norse, perforce, reinforce, sauce, source, torse
•Wilberforce • workforce • packhorse
•carthorse • racehorse • sea horse
•hobby horse • Whitehorse
•sawhorse, warhorse
•clothes horse • shire horse
•workhorse • racecourse • concourse
•intercourse • watercourse
•outsource
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"course." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "course." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-course.html "course." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-course.html |
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