There are a few other interesting meanings of the name Chace that I have run across over the years. First, and most recent, this intriguing definition from the Urban Dictionary: 1. chace Chace is an anoying little piece of crap!!!! At my new school the geeks are called Chace. Source: Lindsay, Jan 15, 2005 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chace&defid=1000622 Second, from Virginia Tech Music Department: Chace (CHAH-suh) [Fr.] A 14th century French term for "canon". The term was also specifically applied to two- and three- voice canons that imitated bird calls or the sounds of instruments, etc. http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Chace.html And, third, an extensive list of definitions from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased; p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See Case a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. 4. (Shipbuilding) 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. Chase \Chase\, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.] Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.] 1. 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. ``This mad chase of fame.'' --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 3. 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 chace. [Eng.] 4. (Court Tennis) 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. Chase gun (Naut.), 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. Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. http://dict.die.net/chase/ -- Jeffrey Chace http://www.chace.demon.nl

Ilove this! Chasing is also a highly skilled craft of hand engraving designs on jewellry. Any more? Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Chace" <j.b.chace@gmail.com> To: <CHASE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:20 PM Subject: [CHASE-L] Definitions of Chace > There are a few other interesting meanings of the name Chace that I have > run > across over the years. > First, and most recent, this intriguing definition from the Urban > Dictionary: > 1. chace > Chace is an anoying little piece of crap!!!! > At my new school the geeks are called Chace. > Source: Lindsay, Jan 15, 2005 > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chace&defid=1000622 > Second, from Virginia Tech Music Department: > Chace > (CHAH-suh) > [Fr.] A 14th century French term for "canon". The term was also > specifically > applied to two- and three- voice canons that imitated bird calls or the > sounds of instruments, etc. > http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Chace.html > > And, third, an extensive list of definitions from Webster's Unabridged > Dictionary. > Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) > Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased; p. pr. & vb. n. > Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. > captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.] > 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an > enemy, or game; to hunt. > We are those which chased you from the field. > --Shak. > Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through > time and place. --Cowper. > 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; > to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away > or off; as, to chase the hens away. > Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince > to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. > 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. > Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. > Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch['a]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See > Case a box.] (Print.) > 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type > are imposed. > 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re["e]nforce or the > trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon. > 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, > as for the reception of drain tile. > 4. (Shipbuilding) 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. > Chase \Chase\, v. i. > To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. > [Colloq.] > Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.] > 1. 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. ``This mad chase of fame.'' --Dryden. > You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. > 2. That which is pursued or hunted. > Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I > myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. > 3. 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 chace. [Eng.] > 4. (Court Tennis) 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. > Chase gun (Naut.), 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. > Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is > fired. > Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel > follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. > Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] > 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting > away parts, and the like. > 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. > > http://dict.die.net/chase/ > > > -- > Jeffrey Chace > http://www.chace.demon.nl > > > ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a request here > Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the > subject and message boxes. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.5 - Release Date: 07/06/2005 > >