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coursed, ppl. a.|kɔəst|
[f. course n. and v.]
1. [f. the vb.] Chased, spec. as a hare by greyhounds.
1740Somerville Hobbinol iii. 427 So the cours'd Hare to the close Covert flies. 1888Harper's Mag. July 199, I swerved like a coursed hare.
2. [f. the n.] Of masonry: Laid or set in courses.
1851Ruskin Stones Ven. I. v. §6 There are solid as well as coursed masses of precipice. 1861Smiles Engin. II. 173 The whole of the masonry was plain rustic coursed work. |