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▪ I. chasing, vbl. n.1|ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ|
[f. chase v.1]
1. Pursuing, hunting, etc.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 83 With his men..That litill sped in thair chassing. c1440Promp. Parv. 68 Chacynge awey, fugacio. 1808Scott Y. Lochinvar There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lee. 1857Hughes Tom Brown, The house was filled with constant chasings.
b. attrib. or Comb., as † chasing spear, chasing staff.
a1400Morte Arth. 1823 With a chasynge [printed chasynye] spere he choppes doune many. 1601Holland Pliny II. 464 The chasing staues and bore-speares were of siluer. 1768Ann. Reg. 49/2 Charging the boar with his chacing staff.
2. Short for steeple-chasing.
1886Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. 9/2 He..was a constant participator in both racing and chasing.
3. Mining. (See quot.)
1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Chacing, following a vein by its range or direction.
4. Dancing. = chassé.
1775Sheridan Rivals iii. iv, My balancing, and chasing.
5. Workmen's slang.
1884Rae Cont. Socialism 361 This is shown..in their prohibition of ‘chasing’..i.e. of a workman exceeding a given average standard of production.
▪ II. chasing, vbl. n.2|ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ|
[f. chase v.2]
1. The action or art of embossing or engraving in relief; also attrib., as in chasing-chisel, chasing-hammer.
1835Marryat Olla Podr. xxiv, They are very clever in chasing of metals. 1846Ellis Elgin Marb. I. 110 Chasing, or the art of working forms on hammered or hollowed out plates of metal. 1883Eng. Illust. Mag. Nov. 89/2 Chasing had degenerated into a poor kind of diaper work.
b. concr. The figures or design chased on metal, etc. Also transf.
1862Athenæum 30 Aug. 277 The Vase..has, in its general form and chasings, signs of exquisite taste. 1860Tyndall Glac. 23 The little wavelets run and climb and cross each other, and thus form a lovely chasing.
2. (See quot.)
1881Metal World No. 2. 23/3 In bronze work the casting process presents the chief difficulty..Next in importance comes the ‘chasing’, a final operation, which consists in polishing and in the removal of any small surface inequalities or imperfections, in order that the cast may bear a perfect resemblance to the model.
3. The cutting of a screw. Hence chasing-lathe, a screw-cutting lathe.
1881Hasluck Lathe Work 46 During the process of chasing it, the thread is always cut deeper at the end.
▪ III. chasing, ppl. a.|ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ|
[f. chase v.1 + -ing2.]
Pursuing, following, driving.
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. i. 18 It blows a brave chaseing Gale of Wind. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. iv. Wks. (1851) 166 [He] return'd fiercely upon the chaseing Enemy. |