coursing

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Well, Rat-catchers are generally called upon to supply Rats for the Rat coursings usually held at beerhouses, etc., on Saturday afternoons, which one often sees advertised. 

From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Matthews, Ike

Even as the clouds let us shed down tears, and as the lightning flashes let us laugh at our coursings through east and west.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Therefore, every primordial atom of these atoms, singly and indivisible, has had its coursings throughout all the sentient creation, going constantly into the aggregation of the various elements.

From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

This singular cell-element travels and has its coursings through all the grades of existence.

From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá

It is evident that each material organism is an aggregate expression of single and simple elements, and a given cellular element or atom has its coursings or journeyings through various and myriad stages of life.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá