courses

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