chase
    n 1: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
         "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in
         pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following]
    2: United States politician and jurist who served as chief
       justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) [syn:
       Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase]
    3: a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to
       hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are
       printed at one time
    v 1: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased
         the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
         [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give
         chase, dog, go after, track]
    2: pursue someone sexually or romantically [syn: chase, chase
       after]
    3: cut a groove into; "chase silver"
    4: cut a furrow into a columns [syn: furrow, chamfer,
       chase]

Chase \Chase\ (ch[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased
   (ch[=a]st); 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.
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            We are those which chased you from the field.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Philologists, who chase
            A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper.
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   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.
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            Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince
            to prince and from place to place.    --Knolles.
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   3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
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            Chasing each other merrily.           --Tennyson.
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Chase \Chase\, v. i.
   To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor.
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Chase \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.
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            You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak.
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   2. That which is pursued or hunted.
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            Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
            For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak.
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   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.]
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   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.
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   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.

   cut to the chase (Film), a term used in action movies
      meaning, to shift the scene to the most exciting part,
      where someone is being chased. It is used metaphorically
      to mean "get to the main point".
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Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See
   Case a box.] (Print.)
   1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type
      are imposed.
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   2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the
      trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
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   3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench,
      as for the reception of drain tile.
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   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.
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Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.]
   1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting
      away parts, and the like.
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   2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
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CHASE, Eng. law. The liberty of keeping beasts of chase, or royal gaine, on 
another man's ground as well as on one's own ground, protected even from the 
owner of the land, with a power of hunting them thereon. It differs from a 
park, because it may be on another's ground, and because it is not enclosed. 
2 Bl. Com. 38. 

CHASE, property. The act of acquiring possession of animals ferae naturae by 
force, cunning or address. The hunter acquires a right to such animals by 
occupancy, and they become his property. 4 Toull. n. 7. No man has a right 
to enter on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting, without his 
consent. Vide 14 East, R. 249 Poth. Tr. du Dr. de Propriete, part 1, c. 2, 
art. 2. CHASTITY. That virtue which prevents the unlawful commerce of the 
sexes. 
     2. A woman may defend her chastity by killing her assailant. See Self
Defence. And even the solicitation of her chastity is indictable in some of 
the states; 7 Conn. 267; though in England, and perhaps elsewhere, such act 
is not indictable. 2 Chit. Pr. 478. Words charging a woman with a violation 
of chastity are actionable in themselves. 2 Conn. 707. 

Chase -- U.S. County in Kansas
   Population (2000):    3030
   Housing Units (2000): 1529
   Land area (2000):     775.887075 sq. miles (2009.538213 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    2.122146 sq. miles (5.496332 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    778.009221 sq. miles (2015.034545 sq. km)
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             38.313664 N, 96.607734 W
   Headwords:
    Chase
    Chase, KS
    Chase County
    Chase County, KS

Chase -- U.S. County in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    4068
   Housing Units (2000): 1927
   Land area (2000):     894.495131 sq. miles (2316.731656 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.139206 sq. miles (8.130506 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    897.634337 sq. miles (2324.862162 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.507192 N, 101.699405 W
   Headwords:
    Chase
    Chase, NE
    Chase County
    Chase County, NE

Chase, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
   Population (2000):    41
   Housing Units (2000): 90
   Land area (2000):     92.903484 sq. miles (240.618909 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.623183 sq. miles (1.614037 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    93.526667 sq. miles (242.232946 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            12350
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             62.422316 N, 150.077553 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Chase, AK
    Chase

Chase, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    490
   Housing Units (2000): 222
   Land area (2000):     0.293148 sq. miles (0.759250 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.293148 sq. miles (0.759250 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            12650
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             38.355682 N, 98.348743 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67524
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Chase, KS
    Chase