Re*course" (r?*k?rs"), n. [F.
recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr.
recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur.]
1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the
line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat;
recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood."
Spenser.
Unto my first I will have my
recourse.
Chaucer.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the
healthy, or the recourse thereof in the
valetudinary.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need,
or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
Thus died this great peer, in a time of great
recourse unto him and dependence upon him.
Sir
H. Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our
art.
Dryden.
3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Give me recourse to him.
Shak.
Without recourse (Commerce), words
sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to
protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent
holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
Re*course", v. i. 1.
To return; to recur. [Obs.]
The flame departing and recoursing.
Foxe.
2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.
