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The ground on which a race is run; a race-course; hence, course; path; way.
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A charge or run at full speed, as in justing.
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General course of action or movement; procedure; course of proceeding; a specific course of action or occupation forming the object of one's life: as, “honour's fair career,” Dryden.
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[Sometimes used absolutely to signify a definite or conspicuous career of some kind: as, a man with a career before him.]
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In the manège, a place inclosed with a barrier, in which to run the ring.
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In falconry, a flight or tour of the hawk, about 120 yards.
To move or run rapidly, as if in a race or charge.
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A prison; a lock-up; especially, one in a German school or university.
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One of the 8 to 12 stalls, closed with bars, from which races were started in a Roman circus. They were arranged with slanting axes in order not to give an unfair advantage to any competitor.