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A framed, enclosed space around a flue pipe or a channel in a wall or through a ceiling for something to lie in or pass through.
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c. 1300, chacen "to hunt; to cause to go away; put to flight," from Old French chacier "to hunt, ride swiftly, strive for" (12c., Modern French chasser), from Vulgar Latin *captiar [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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mid-13c., chace, "a hunt," from Old French chace "a hunt, a chase; hunting ground" (12c.), from chacier (see chase (v.)). Meaning "a pursuit" (of an enemy, etc.) is early [..]
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"bore of a gun barrel," 1640s, from French chas "eye of a needle; enclosure," from Vulgar Latin *capsum, variant of Latin capsa "box" (see case (n.2)).
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A series of short musical passages (trading fours or twos) played by several players at a fast tempo.
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1. a pronounced lateral movement of the upper body in the downswing in an attempt to keep the hands and body mass in front of the club head through impact (usually for the purpose of lowering the traj [..]
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What you do when you get dropped by your buddies on a ride. No fun.
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go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" pursuit: the act of pursuing in an [..]
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to run after
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A slot or continuous groove built in a masonry wall to accommodate ducts, pipes, or conduits.
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[Hunting]
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What you do when you get dropped by your buddies on a ride. No fun.
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yogn
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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yog
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In letterpress, the portable rectangular metal frame in which assembled type and display matter, composed into pages, is firmly locked into position (see this example). The resulting forme is then rea [..]
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A rectangular metal frame in which type and plates are locked up for letterpress. A metal frame holds a block type die together under pressure.
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A continuous recess in a wall to receive pipes, ducts, conduit, etc….
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1. To decorate or modify a metal surface by engraving, etching or cutting. 2. The illusion of movement created by the sequential turning on and off of lights in an illuminated sign. (See also animated [..]
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A four-sided metal frame in which composed type is locked in columns or pages.
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Two soloists, such as the trumpet and sax, taking alternating 4-bar phrases (or 8, or 2). See Trading 4s.
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In old English law chase refers to a franchise granted by the Crown empowering the grantee to keep, within a certain district, animals for hunting which is the objects of the chase. This franchise was [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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(n) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture(n) United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)(n) a rectangular metal fra [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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A framed enclosed space around a flue pipe or a channel in a wall, or through a ceiling for something to lie in or pass through.
Source: homebuildingmanual.com (offline)

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A small deer-forest held, for the most part, by a private individual, and protected only by common law. Forests are royal prerogatives, protected by the “Forest Laws.”
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An iron frame used by printers for holding sufficient type for one side of a sheet. The type is first set up letter by letter in the “composing stick,” and is then transferred to the [..]
Source: bartleby.com

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A vessel pursued by some other. Chaser
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 Riders trying to catch a breakaway group or rider.
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A groove in a masonry wall or through a floor to accommodate pipes or ducts.
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A slot or continuous groove built in a masonry or frame wall to accommodate ducts, pipes, or conduits.
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Computerized Household Activity SchEduling survey, the first essentially self-administered, PC-based survey instrument to collect, process, and archive household travel/activity diaries, developed by [..]
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What you do when you get dropped by your buddies on a ride. No fun.
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The ship being pursued. "The chase is making full sail, sir" = "The ship we're after is going as fast as she can."
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Running behavior in which a rat pursues a target individual. If the chase occurs in a social context, the pursuer may deliver a nip to the fleeing rat's rump if he gets close enough. Rats may als [..]
Source: ratbehavior.org

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A groove in a masonry wall or through a floor to accommodate pipes or ducts.
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Play dangerously, especially in offering
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Another bet to offset the loss of previous bet.
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To continue in a hand, often at poor odds against the competition.
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to call with the worst hand, hoping to improve. Synonymous to drawing, but is often used in a derogatory sense, to mark someone as desperate. "You just keep chasing those inside straights, kid - it will bust you eventually."
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A continuous recess or enclosure built into a wall to receive pipes, wiring, ducts, etc. Also, to decorate metalwork by tooling or engraving the surface.
Source: bdma.org.uk

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(old) Frame of steel, or cast or wrought iron, in which images are locked up for printing.
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(old) Frame of steel, or cast or wrought iron, in which images are locked up for printing.
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What you do when you get dropped by your buddies on a ride. No fun.
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(old) Frame of steel, or cast or wrought iron, in which images are locked up for printing.
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The automatic adjusting of the speed of a recorder (or sequencer) to be time with another recorder.
Source: testing1212.co.uk

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A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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From an English surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Middle English, originally a nickname for a huntsman.
Source: behindthename.com





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