Chase , v. 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.
Chase , n. [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 , n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr.
chasser. See Chase, v.]
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.
Shak.
2. That which is pursued or hunted.
Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some
other chase,
For I myself
must hunt this deer to
death.
Shak.
3. 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.
[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 gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. --
Chase port
(Naut.), a porthole
from which a chase gun is fired. -- Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel
pursued.
Chase , v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]
Chase (?), v. t. [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.] 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.
Shak.
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.
Hear it pronounced