Chaseth
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Proverbs 19:26
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No
[HUNTING]
CHASE, verb transitive
1. Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the purpose of taking, as game; to hunt.
2. To purse, or drive, as a defeated or flying enemy. Leviticus 26:7. Deuteronomy 32:30.
3. To follow or pursue, as an object of desire; to pursue for the purpose of taking; as, to chase a ship.
4. To drive; to pursue.
CHASEd by their brothers endless malice.
To chase away, is to compel to depart; to disperse.
To chase metals. [See Enchase.]
CHASE, noun
1. Vehement pursuit; a running or driving after; as game, in hunting; a flying enemy, in war; a ship a sea, etc.
2. Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit, fame, etc.; earnest seeking.
3. That which may be chased; that which is usually taken by chase; as beasts of chase
4. That which is pursued or hunted; as, seek some other chase So at sea, a ship chased is called the chase
5. In law, a driving of cattle to or from a place.
6. An open ground, or place of retreat for deer and other wild beasts; differing from a forest, which is not private property and is invested with privileges, and from a park which is inclosed. A chase is private property, and well stored with wild beasts or game.
7. An iron frame used by printers to confine types, when set in columns.
8. chase of a gun, is the whole length of the bore.
9. A term in the game of tennis.
CHASE guns, in a ship of war, guns used in chasing an enemy or in defending a ship when chased. These have their ports at the head or stern. A gun at the head is called a bow-chase; at the stern, a stern-chase.
CHASED, participle passive Pursed; sought ardently; driven.
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Proverbs 19:26
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: No
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: No