*chas*

v. t. [ A contraction of enchase. ] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are those which chased you from the field. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chasing each other merrily. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

You see this chase is hotly followed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is pursued or hunted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private property, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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”. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who is being chased; as, better to be the chaser than the chased.
Syn. -- pursued. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chasuble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. chasma, Gr. cha`sma, fr. chai`nein to gape, to open wide. See Chaos. ] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. [ 1913 Webster ]

That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having gaps or a chasm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. chassé, p. p. of chasser to chase. ] 1. A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gliding step in dancing in which one foot is kept in front of the other while moving. [ PJC ]

v. i. (Dancing) To make the movement called chassé; as, all chassé; chassé to the right or left. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Chasse-café ] A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally chasse-café, lit., “coffee chaser.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. chasser to chase + café coffee. ] See Chasse, n., above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., from the village of Chasselas. ] A white grape, esteemed for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. chasser to chase + marée tide. ] (Naut.) A French coasting lugger. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot. ] (Mil.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a huntsman. See Chase to pursue. ] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. châssis. ] (Mil.) 1. A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [ See Gun carriage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The under part of an automobile or other motor vehicle, consisting of the frame (on which the body is mounted) with the wheels and machinery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. to chasten. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. çudh to purify. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unmarried. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chaste manner; with purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastened p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening. ] [ OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch&unr_;tier, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise. ] 1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ classics ] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. Layard.

Syn. -- To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Chastity; purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chastised p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising. ] [ OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, L. -izare, Gr. -i`zein. See Chasten. ] 1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

3. To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.
Syn. -- castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct, dress down. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- See Chasten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having bad behavior criticised and punished; as, the chastised child sat humbly in the corner.
Syn. -- corrected, disciplined. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Chastise. ] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars,
On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chastiser of the rich. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste. ] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Moral purity. [ 1913 Webster ]

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity,
That, when a soul is found sicerely so
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. same as chastise; -- a variant spelling; as, She chastized him for his insensitive remarks.
Syn. -- chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage. ] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [ Written also chasible, and chesible. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to part asunder, fr. &unr_; in two, asunder, fr. di`s- twice. ] (Biol.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enchased p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing. ] [ F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase. ] 1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased,
The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case. [ 1913 Webster ]

With golden letters . . . well enchased. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All which . . . for to enchase,
Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enchases. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To chasten. [ Obs. ]

n. [ Frank free + chase. ] (Eng. Law) The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; hermit, fr. &unr_; to be still or quiet, fr. &unr_; still, calm. ] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. Brande & C.

{ or, more fully, or }. (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. See Enchase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. in- not + chastity: cf. F. inchasteté. ] Unchastity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + chasm. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting places on the earth's surface at which there is the same mean frequency of auroras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line. [ 1913 Webster ]