\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.