Meaning & use
Coursed
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Moved or flowed swiftly, as a fluid; also, hunted game by chasing it with dogs that follow by sight.
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Adrenaline coursed through her veins as she crossed the finish line.
Hunters once coursed hares across the open fields with greyhounds.
A note on using this word
In masonry, "coursed" also describes stone laid in level rows, as in "coursed rubble," an unrelated architectural sense.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Laid in regular horizontal rows or layers, as stone in a wall.
The garden wall was built of coursed limestone.
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