Part 1818

<blockquote>His rising reputation made him more <b>chary</b> of his fame. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Charybdis</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Cha*ryb"dis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See <er>Scylla</er>.</def>

<h1>Chasable</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chas"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.</def>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Chase</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chase</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>chacier</ets>, F. <ets>chasser</ets>, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>captiare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>captare</ets> to strive to seize. See <er>Catch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.</def>

<blockquote>We are those which <b>chased</b> you from the field. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Philologists, who <b>chase</b> A panting syllable through time and place. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with <i>away</i> or <i>off</i>; <as>as, to <ex>chase</ex> the hens away</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chased</b> by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chasing</b> each other merrily. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chase</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chase</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give chase; to hunt; <as>as, to <ex>chase</ex> around after a doctor</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Chase</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chase</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chasse</ets>, fr. <ets>chasser</ets>. See <er>Chase</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> "This mad <i>chase</i> of fame."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>You see this <b>chase</b> is hotly followed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is pursued or hunted.</def>

<blockquote>Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other <b>chase</b>, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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 <i>chace</i>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Court Tennis)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Chase gun</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Chase port</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a porthole from which a chase gun is fired.</cd> -- <col>Stern chase</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chase</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chase</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ch\'a0se</ets>, fr. L. <ets>capsa</ets> box, case. See <er>Case</er> a box.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The part of a cannon from the re\'89nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See <er>Cannon</er>.</def>