(route), in navigation, the angle contained between the nearest meridian and that point of the compass upon which a ship sails in any particular direction.

architecture, denotes a continued range of stones, level, or of the same height, throughout the whole length of the building; and not interrupted by any aperture. It forms a parapet to the intermediate space between the body of the building and the wings.

Course of Plinths, is the continuity of a plinth of stone or plaster in the face of a building; to mark the separation of the stories.

Course is also used for the time ordinarily spent in learning the principles of a science, or the usual points and questions therein. Thus, a student is said to have finished his course in the humanity, in philosophy, &c. Course is also used for the elements of an art exhibited and explained, either in writing or by actual experiment. Hence our courses of philosophy, anatomy, chemistry, mathematics, &c. probably so called as going throughout or running the whole length or course of the art, &c.