Definitions of chase
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To
follow
with
intent
to
catch;
pursue;
hunt.
-
To
pursue
for
the
purpose
of
killing
or
taking,
as
an
enemy,
or
game;
to
hunt.
-
To
pursue
eagerly,
as
hunters
pursue
game.
-
To
ornament (
a
surface
of
metal)
by
embossing,
cutting
away
parts,
and
the
like.
-
To
cut,
so
as
to
make
a
screw
thread.
-
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;
especially,
to
hunt;
drive
away;
to
decorate,
as
a
metal
surface,
by
embossing,
engraving,
etc.;
to
cut,
as
the
thread
of
a
screw.
-
To
pursue:
to
hunt:
to
drive
away.
-
To
incase:
to
emboss.
-
To
emboss
or
engrave
for
ornament.
-
To
pursue;
drive
away.
-
To
ornament
by
embossing.
-
To
give
chase;
to
hunt;
as,
to
chase
around
after
a
doctor.
-
To
follow
in
pursuit.
-
cut
a
furrow
into
a
columns
-
pursue
someone
sexually
or
romantically
-
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.
-
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.
-
To
enchase;
to
emboss;
to
cut
into
the
form
of
a
screw.
-
To
pursue
eagerly;
to
drive
away;
to
follow
eagerly
after,
as
pleasure,
profit, &
c.
-
To
work
or
emboss
plate
as
silversmiths
do.
-
the
act
of
pursuing
in
an
effort
to
overtake
or
capture; "
the
culprit
started
to
run
and
the
cop
took
off
in
pursuit"
-
A
rectangular
iron
frame
in
which
pages
or
columns
of
type
are
imposed.
-
The
part
of
a
cannon
from
the
reenforce
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.
-
Eager
pursuit;
hunting,
especially
of
wild
beasts;
that
which
is
hunted.
-
Pursuit:
a
hunting:
that
which
is
hunted:
ground
abounding
in
game.
-
A
case
or
frame
for
holding
types:
a
groove.
-
A
frame
for
types.
-
Pursuit;
hunting.
-
Earnest
pursuit.
-
That
which
is
pursued.
-
Hunting;
hunters
collectively;
the
hunt.
-
A
private
game -
preserve.
-
A
frame
into
which
type
is
fastened,
as
for
printing.
-
Earnest
pursuit;
hunting;
that
which
is
chased;
ground
stored
with
deer
and
other
game
beasts.
-
A
frame
used
by
printers
to
confine
types,
when
set
in
columns
or
pages;
a
wide
groove;
the
length
of
a
gun
in
front
of
the
trunnions;
a
term
in
the
game
of
tennis.
Chase
guns,
those
guns
which
have
their
ports
at
the
head
or
stern,
used
in
chasing
or
in
defence
when
chased.
-
Sometimes
spelt
chace,
eager
or
vehement
pursuit;
hunting;
an
earnest
seeking
after,
as
pleasure,
fame, &
c.;
the
thing
sought
for
or
hunted;
open
ground
or
retreat
for
the
larger
game.
-
An
iron
frame
in
which
to
confine
types.
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