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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.
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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. | CHASE, n.- Vehement pursuit; a running or driving after; as game, in hunting; a flying enemy, in war; a ship at sea, &c.
- Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, &c.; earnest seeking.
- That which may be chased; that which is usually taken by the chase; as, beasts of chase.
- That which is pursued or hunted; as, seek some other chase. So at sea, a ship chased is called the chase.
- In law, a driving of cattle to or from a place.
- 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.
- [Fr. chasse; Sp. caxa; It. cassa. See Case and Cash.] An iron frame used by printers to confine types, when set in columns.
- Chase of a gun, is the whole length of the bore.
- 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.
CHASE, v.t. [Fr. chasser; Arm. chaçzeal; Sp. cazar; Port. caçar; It. cacciare. The elements are Cg or Ck; and the change of a palatal to a sibilant resembles that in brace.]- Literally, to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the purpose of taking, as game; to hunt.
- To pursue, or drive, as a defeated or flying enemy. – Lev. xxvi. 7. Deut. xxxii. 30.
- To follow or pursue as an object of desire; to pursue for the purpose of taking; as, to chase a ship.
- To drive; to pursue.
Chased by their brother's endless malice. – Knolles.
To chase away, is to compel to depart; to disperse.
To chase metals. [See Enchase.]
| Chase
- To pursue for
the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game] to
hunt.
- To give chase; to
hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
- 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.
- A rectangular iron frame
in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
- To ornament (a surface
of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the
like.
- 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.
- That which is pursued or
hunted.
- The part of a cannon
from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the
muzzle. See Cannon.
- To cut, so as to make a screw
thread.
- To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue
game.
- An open hunting ground to which game
resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a
forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is
inclosed. Sometimes written chace.
- A groove, or channel, as in the face
of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain
tile.
- 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.
- 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.
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Chase CHASE, verb transitive 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. Leviticus 26:7. Deuteronomy 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, noun 1. Vehement pursuit; a running or driving after; as game, in hunting; a flying enemy, in war; a ship a sea, etc. 2. Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, etc.; 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.
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