| Chase (chase) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Chase |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Chased (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr.
(assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to
seize. See Catch.] |
To pursue for
the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game] to
hunt.
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.
To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue
game.
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To give chase; to
hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
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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.
That which is pursued or
hunted.
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 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.
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A rectangular iron frame
in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
The part of a cannon
from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the
muzzle. See Cannon.
A groove, or channel, as in the face
of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain
tile.
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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To ornament (a surface
of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the
like.
To cut, so as to make a screw
thread.
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