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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Course \Course\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coursed} (k?rst)); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Coursing}.]
     1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to
        pursue.
  
              We coursed him at the heels.          --Shak.
  
     2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course
        greyhounds after deer.
  
     3. To run through or over.
  
              The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Coursing \Cours"ing\ (k?rs"?ng), n.
     The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight
     instead of by scent.
  
           In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds.
                                                    --Bacon

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coursing
       n : hunting with dogs that are trained to chase game by sight
           instead of by scent

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