Part 2504

<blockquote>Then I <b>courbed</b> on my knees. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Courbaril</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cour"ba*ril</hw> <tt>(k??r"b?-r?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>courbaril</ets>, from a South American word.]</ety> <def>See <er>Anim\'82</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Courche</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Courche</hw> <tt>(k??rsh)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Kerchief</er>.]</ety> <def>A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>curch</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Courier</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cou"ri*er</hw> <tt>(k??"r?-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>courrier</ets>, fr. <ets>courre</ets>, <ets>courir</ets>, to run, L. <ets>currere</ets>. See <er>Course</er>, <er>Current</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness.</def>

<blockquote>The wary Bassa . . . by speedy <b>couriers</b>, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.</def>

<h1>Courlan</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Cour"lan</hw> <tt>(k??r"l?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird, of the genus <spn>Aramus</spn>, allied to the rails.</def>

<h1>Course</h1> <Xpage=334>

<hw>Course</hw> <tt>(k?rs)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cours</ets>, <ets>course</ets>, L. cursus, fr. <ets>currere</ets> to run. See <er>Current</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.</def>

<blockquote>And when we had finished our <b>course</b> from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. <i>Acts xxi. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>THe ground or path traversed; track; way.</def>

<blockquote>The same horse also run the round <b>course</b> at Newmarket. <i>Pennant.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.</def>

<blockquote>A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent <b>course</b> to Ilium's well known shore. <i>Dennham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Westward the <b>course</b> of empire takes its way. <i>Berkeley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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>as, a ship in a long voyage makes many <ex>courses</ex>; a <ex>course</ex> measured by a surveyor between two stations</as>; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; <as>as, one <ex>course</ex> of a race</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; <as>as, the <ex>course</ex> of an argument</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>course</b> of true love never did run smooth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Customary or established sequence of evants; re currence of events according to natural laws.</def>

<blockquote>By <b>course</b> of nature and of law. <i>Davies.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their <b>course</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.</def>

<blockquote>My lord of York commends the plot and the general <b>course</b> of the action. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>