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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Water course

/wôt'-ẽr kôrs/ · Wa·ter course · IPA
01 A stream of water; a river or brook.
  1. 1.
    A stream of water; a river or brook.
  2. 2.
    A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.
  3. 3.
    A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.(Law)