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Webster 1913 Edition


Chase

Chase

(chās)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chased
(chāst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chasing
.]
[OF.
chacier
, F.
chasser
, fr. (assumed) LL.
captiare
, fr. L.
captare
to strive to seize. See
Catch
.]
1.
To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
We are those which
chased
you from the field.
Shakespeare
Philologists, who
chase

A panting syllable through time and place.
Cowper.
2.
To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; – often with
away
or
off
;
as, to
chase
the hens away
.
Chased
by their brother’s endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place.
Knolles.
3.
To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
Chasing
each other merrily.
Tennyson.

Chase

,
Verb.
I.
To give chase; to hunt;
as, to
chase
around after a doctor
.
[Colloq.]

Chase

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
chasse
, fr.
chasser
. See
Chase
,
Verb.
]
1.
Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt.
“This mad chase of fame.”
Dryden.
You see this
chase
is hotly followed.
Shakespeare
2.
That which is pursued or hunted.
Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other
chase
,
For I myself must hunt this deer to death.
Shakespeare
3.
An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private property, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace.
[Eng.]
4.
(Court Tennis)
A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.

Chase

,
Noun.
[F.
cháse
, fr. L.
capsa
box, case. See
Case
a box.]
(Print.)
1.
A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
2.
(Mil.)
The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See
Cannon
.
3.
A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
4.
(Shipbuilding)
A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Chase

,
Verb.
T.
[A contraction of
enchase
.]
1.
To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
2.
To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chase

CHASE

, v.t.
1.
Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the purpose of taking, as game; to hunt.
2.
To purse, or drive, as a defeated or flying enemy. Lev. 26:7. Deut. 32:30.
3.
To follow or pursue, as an object of desire; to pursue for the purpose of taking; as, to chase a ship.
4.
To drive; to pursue.
Chased by their brothers endless malice.
To chase away, is to compel to depart; to disperse.
To chase metals. [See Enchase.]

CHASE

, n.
1.
Vehement pursuit; a running or driving after; as game, in hunting; a flying enemy, in war; a ship a sea, &c.
2.
Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, &c.; earnest seeking.
3.
That which may be chased; that which is usually taken by chase; as beasts of chase.
4.
That which is pursued or hunted; as, seek some other chase. So at sea, a ship chased is called the chase.
5.
In law, a driving of cattle to or from a place.
6.
An open ground, or place of retreat for deer and other wild beasts; differing from a forest, which is not private property and is invested with privileges, and from a park which is inclosed. A chase is private property, and well stored with wild beasts or game.
7.
An iron frame used by printers to confine types, when set in columns.
8.
Chase of a gun, is the whole length of the bore.
9.
A term in the game of tennis.
Chase guns, in a ship of war, guns used in chasing an enemy or in defending a ship when chased. These have their ports at the head or stern. A gun at the head is called a bow-chase; at the stern, a stern-chase.