A chance occurrence or event, an accident. Obsolete.

A fortuitous event or occurrence; a chance, accident, happening; (often contextually) an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance. Chiefly in plural. Cf…

(with plural) A matter which falls out or happens; a fortuitous event or occurrence; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance; = accident, n.…

A chance, hap, accident; an event or incident befalling any one, an adventure. Obsolete.

Something that happens by chance or without expectation; an event that is without apparent or deliberate cause. (In later use chiefly with…

A chance occurrence, an accident; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, a mishap; now, generally, a fatal or serious accident or event, a disaster.

That which befalls or falls to any one; a chance, accident, casualty: cf. fall, v. 51a. Obsolete.

A chance, casualty, accident; a symptom.

A casual event, a chance. (Chiefly in plural)

Chance; the state of being ‘casual’; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty.

Used by Greene, Lodge, and others, probably by misapprehension of Spenser, for: Occasion, place. Obsolete.

A chance or accident. rare.

A chance occurrence; an event the occurrence of which could not have been, or was not, foreseen; an accident, a casualty. future contingency n. a…

A chance eventuality or random occurrence.

= contingency, n. 4 ? Obsolete.

An unaccountable thing or event. rare.

Something that happens by chance; a coincidental or unplanned occurrence; (also) chance, coincidence.

A chance occurrence; (good or bad) fortune, chance, luck. Cf. happenstance, n.

Something that happens by chance, an event or circumstance considered to be influenced by chance; chance, luck. Also: a coincidence.