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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
A panting syllable through time and place.
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 awayChased
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.]
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
For I myself must hunt this deer to death.
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.
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.