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<p><b>3.</b> <def>A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>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.</def>

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<hw>Chase</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[A contraction of <ets>enchase</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut, so as to make a screw thread.</def>

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<hw>Chas"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Chase gun</er>, esp. in terms <i>bow chaser</i> and <i>stern chaser</i>. See under <er>Bow</er>, <er>Stern</er>.</def>

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<hw>Chas"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who chases or engraves. See 5th <er>Chase</er>, and <er>Enchase</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.</def>

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<hw>Chas"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chasuble</er>.</def>

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<hw>Chas"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.</def>

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<hw>Chasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>chasma</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to grape, to open wide. See <er>Chaos</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.</def>

<blockquote>That deep, romantic <b>chasm</b> which slanted down the green hill. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.</def>

<blockquote>Memory . . . fills up the <b>chasms</b> of thought. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Chasmed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having gaps or a chasm.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Chas"my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<blockquote>They cross the <b>chasmy</b> torrent's foam-lit bed. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

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