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Noun: coursing  kor-sing
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: corsing)
  1. Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent
    - corsing [US]
Verb: course  kors
  1. Move swiftly through or over
    "ships coursing the Atlantic"
     
  2. Move along, of liquids
    "Water coursed into the cave";
    - run, flow, feed
     
  3. (game) hunt with hounds
    "He often courses hares"

Derived forms: coursings

Type of: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, hunt, hunt down, hunting, move, pass over, run, track, track down, traverse

Encyclopedia: Coursing

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