Chase
Definition of Chase
Pronunciation: chās | v. t. | 1. | To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. | | 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. | | 3. | To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. | | v. i. | 1. | To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. | | n. | 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. | | 2. | That which is pursued or hunted. | | 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. | | 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. | (Print.) 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. | | v. t. | 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. |
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