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chase
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chase
1. Brit an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted
2. Brit the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others
3. the chase the act or sport of hunting
4. short for steeplechase
5. Real Tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again

chase [chās]
(building construction)
A vertical passage for ducts, pipes, or wires in a building.
(design engineering)
A series of cuts, each having a path that follows the path of the cut before it; an example is a screw thread.
(engineering)
The main body of the mold which contains the molding cavity or cavities.
The enclosure used to shrink-fit parts of a mold cavity in place to prevent spreading or distortion, or to enclose an assembly of two or more parts of a split-cavity block.
To straighten and clean threads on screws or pipes.
(graphic arts)
A rectangular metal frame in which type and plates are locked for letterpress printing.
(ordnance)
The exposed part of a gun (artillery) in front on the trunnion band or cradle.

chase
1. A continuous recess built into a wall to receive pipes, ducts, etc.; a wall chase.
2. A groove cut in a masonry wall to receive a pipe, conduit, etc.
3. To decorate metalwork by tooling on the exterior surface.


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Maloney was content to let pacesetter Marodima open up a sizeable advantage and didn't seem too concerned when Tramantano came past him with three to jump, but when he asked Enlightenment to go and chase down the two leaders, he seemed to take a long time to get into top gear and it's quite possible that he would have been much closer if Maloney had been more positive and asked his mount for an effort at the top of the hill.
 
 
 
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