CHASE

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CHASE . (1) (Fr.

chasse

CHASSE (Fr. for " chased ")
CHASSE (from the Fr., in full chasse-cafe, or "
coffee
- COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)
-chaser ")

, from Lat. cieptare, frequentative of capere, to take), the pursuit of wild animals for food or

sport

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

(see

HUNTING

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,
booty
- BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)
)

). The word is used of the pursuit of any-thing, and also of the thing pursued, as, in naval warfare, of a ship. A transferred meaning is that of park

land

LAND

reserved for the breeding and

hunting

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,
booty
- BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)
)

of wild animals, in which sense it appears in various

place

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

-names in

England

ENGLAND
ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

, as Cannock Chase. It is also a

term

TERM

for a stroke in tennis (q.v.). (2) (Fr.

chasse

CHASSE (Fr. for " chased ")
CHASSE (from the Fr., in full chasse-cafe, or "
coffee
- COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)
-chaser ")

, Lat. capsa, a box, cf. caisse, and " chest "), an enclosure, such as the muzzle-end of a gun in front of the trunnions, a groove cut to hold a pipe, and, in typography, the

frame

FRAME

enclosing the " forme."

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