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† ˈfore-chase Obs.
[f. fore- prefix + chase n.]
1. A chase, hunt, or rush forwards.
c1611Chapman Iliad xvii. 637 Not a man sustain'd The forechace, nor the after-fight.
2. The bow chase-guns of a ship.
1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World (1757) 202 Plying us with his forechase. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 281 We..began the Engagement with our Fore-chace. |