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chase (tʃeɪs)
n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle
3. (Building) a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc
vb (tr)
(Building) Also: chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc)
[C17 (in the sense: frame for letterpress matter): probably from French châsse frame (in the sense: bore of a cannon, etc): from Old French chas enclosure, from Late Latin capsus pen for animals; both from Latin capsa case2]
From The Free Dictionary.
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