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COUR'BAN-AJATOU, a port-town of Chinefe Tar¬ 
tary, in the country of the Kalkas. Lat. 42. 24. N. Ion. 
125. 34. E. Ferro. 
COU'RB ARIL, f. In botany. See Hymantea. 
COURBEVIL'LE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Mayne : feven miles fouth-weft Laval. 
COURCEL'LE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Straits of Calais, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftridt of Bapaume : two leagues north-weft of Ba- 
paume. 
COURCEL'LES, a town of France, in the department 
of the Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton in the 
diftridl of Langres : four leagues fouth of Langres. 
COURCHA'MP, a town of France, in the department 
of the Mayne and Loire, and the chief place of a canton, 
in the diftridt of Saumur : one league and a half fouth- 
weft of Saumur. 
COURCI'TE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Sarte : twenty, miles fouth-weft Le Mans. 
COURCON', a town of France, in the department of 
the Yonne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt of 
Auxerre four leagues fouth of Auxerre. 
COURCOUSON', a town of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Thibet : forty-five miles north-eaft of Tonfun-Hotum. 
COURDEMAN'GE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftrict of Vitry le Francois : one league fouth of Vitry. 
COU'RE, a port: of Chinefe Tartary. Lat. 46. 2. N. 
Ion. 141. 37. E. Ferro. 
COURGAI'NS, a town of France, in the department 
of the Sarte, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt 
of Mamers : fix leagues north of Le Mans. 
COUR'GIS, a town of France, in the department of 
the Yonne: five miles eaft of Auxerre. 
COURGIVA'UX, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftridt of Sezanne: three leagues and a quarter weft- 
fouth-weft of Sezanne. 
COUR'GNA, a town of Piedmont, in the Canavefe, 
on the Oreo : nine miles and a half fouth-weft of Ivrea. 
COURI'ER, f. £ courier , Fr.] A mefienger fent in 
hafte; anexprefs; a runner.—I met a courier t one mine 
ancient friend. Shakefpeare. 
COUR'LAND (duchy of), bounded on the north by 
the Gulf of Riga, on the eaft by the Gulf of Riga and 
Semigallia, on the fouth by Samogitia, and on the weft 
by the Baltic. This country was formerly dependent on 
Poland, but is now under the influence of Ruflia: the 
country is fertile, bears good corn, and great quantities 
of excellent flax. The woods abound with bears, 
wolves, and elks. The religion is chiefly Lutheran. 
The principal towns are Goldingen, Windau, Libau, 
Groben, and Candau. 
COUR'LE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Two Sevres: five leagues fouth-weft of Thouars. 
COUR'LIN ISLANDS, two fmall illands near the 
weft coaft of Scotland: four miles eaft from the ifland of 
Scalpa. 
COURMAC'SHERY, a bay of Ireland, on the fouth- 
eaft coaft of the county of Cork, between the Barrels 
and Seven Heads. Lat. 51.36. N. Ion.8.40.W.Greenwich. 
COUR'METOU, a town of Afia, in the country of 
Thibet: twenty-two miles weft of Orto. 
COUR'MONTERAL, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Herault: five miles weft of Montpellier. 
COUR'NILLION, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Drome : four leagues foutli of Die. 
COUR'NON, a town of France, in the department of 
the Puy-de-Dome, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftridt of Clermont Ferrand: two miles weft of Billom. 
COURON'NE (La), a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Charente; celebrated for its manufac¬ 
tures of paper : one league fouth-weft of Angoulefine. 
COUROULLAC', a town of Afia, in the country of 
Thibet: twelve miles fouth-weft of Harchar. 
Von. V. No, 273. 
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COURPIAC', a town of France, in the department of 
the Gironde, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt 
of Cadillac : nine miles north-eaft of Cadillac. 
COURPIE'RE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Puy-de-Dome, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftrict of Thiers: eighteen miles eaft of Clermont 
Ferrand. 
COURSAN', a town of France, in the department of 
the Aude, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridt of 
Narbonne: one league north of Narbonne. 
COURSE, f. [ courfe , Fr. curfus, Lat.] Race, career: 
And fome flie arms with finewy force, 
And fome with fwiftnefs in the courfe. Cowley. 
Paflage from place to place ; progrefs. To this may be 
referred, the courfe of a river .—And when we had finifhed 
our courfe from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. ASIsjuy. i. 7. 
A light by which the Argive fquadron fteers 
Their filent courfe to Ilium’s well-known fhore. Denham. 
Tilt ; adt of running in the lifts.—But this hot knight 
was cooled with a fall, which, at the third courfe , he re¬ 
ceived of Phalantus. Sidney. —Ground on which a race 
is run ; track or. line in which a ftiip fails, or any motion 
is performed; fail ; means by which the courfe is per¬ 
formed.—To the courfes we have devifed ftudding-fails, 
fprit-fails, and top-fails. Raleigh .—Progrefs from one 
gradation to another ; procefs.—When the ftate of -the 
controverfy is plainly determined, it muft not be altered 
by another difpulant in the courfe of the deputation. 
Watts. —Order of fucceflion : as, every one in his courfe. 
—If any man fpeak in an unknown tongue, let it be by 
two, or at the moft by three, and that by courfe ; and let 
one interpret. 1 Cor. xiv. 27..—Stated and orderly me¬ 
thod, or manner.-—The duke cannot deny the courfe of 
law. Shakefpeare. 
If flie live long, 
And in the end meet the old courfe of death, 
Women will all turn monfters. King Lear. 
Series of fucceflive and methodical procedure.—The 
glands did refolve during her courfe of phyfic, and flie 
continueth very well to this day. Wifeman. —The ele¬ 
ments of an art exhibited and explained, in a methodical 
feries. Hence our courfes of philofophy, anatomy, che- 
miftry, mathematics, &c. Chambers.- —Condudt ; manner 
of proceeding.—If a right courfe be taken with children, 
there will not be fo much need of common rewards and 
punifhments. Locke. 
Give willingly what I can take by force ; 
And know, obedience is your fafeft courfc. Dryden. 
Method of life : train of adtions.—As the dropfy-man, 
the more he drinks, the drier he is, and the more he ftill 
defires to drink ; even fo a finner, the more he fins, the 
apter he is to fin, and the more defirous to keep ftill a 
courfe in wickednefs. Perkins. 
Men will fay', 
That beauteous Emma vagrant courfes took, 
Her father’s houfe and civil life forfook. Prior. 
Natural bent; uncontrolled will.—It is belt to leave na¬ 
ture to her courfe , who is the fovereign phyfician in moft 
difeafes. Temple. 
So every fervant took his courfe , 
And, bad at firft, they all grew worfe. Prior. 
Catamenia.—The ftoppage of women’s courfes , if not 
fuddenly looked to, fets them undoubtedly jnto a con- 
fumption, dropfy, or fome other dangerous difeafe. Har¬ 
vey. —Orderly ftrudture.—The tongue defileth the whole 
body, and fetteth on fire the courfe of nature. James YY\. 6. 
In architecture. A continued range of bricks or ftones, 
level or of the fame height, throughout the whole, 
length of the building, and not interrupted by any aper¬ 
ture. Harris. —Series of confequences; number of dirties 
let on at once upon the table : 
Then 
