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One who courses or hunts. leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.

course; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.

oduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc. "The initiation of coursers of events." Pope.

A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

try what mettle his heart is made of. South. Gentlemen of brave mettle. Shak. The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course. Pope. To put one one's mettle, to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts.

t robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.

To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.

up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. "The courser . . . pricks up his ears." Dryden.

n swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper. So four fierce coursers, starting to the race, Scour through the plain, and lengthen every pace. Dryden.

The courser.

out of; not within; as, without doors. Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. Dryden.