Chase

(chās.) [Fr. cha e.] In England, a domain wherein game is preserved.-(Printing.) A rectangular iron frame for in closing type when set up in pages.(Gun.) The whole bore or inside length of a piece of ordnance; also, the part of a gun in advance of the trunnions; in smooth-bore cast-iron guns, the part intervening between the neck of the piece and the second reinforce ring.-(Games.) In Tennis, the place where ab all drops, and beyond which an adverse ball must be propelled, so as to gain a point. Chase, SALMON PORTLAND, an American lawyer and statesman, B. in Cornish, N. H., 1808. After receiving his preparatory education in Cincinnati, O., he entered Dart mouth College, where he graduated in 1826. In 1829, he was admitted to the bar in the Dist. of Columbia, and, in 1830, commenced practice in Cincinnati, where he speedily attained a high reputation as a lawyer. After taking a leading part in national politics, Mr. C. was sent to Congre in 1840, as senator from Ohio; and, in 1855, was elected governor of that State. In 1861, he was made Secretary of the Treasury by Pres. Lincoln, and his financial operations during the Civil War, which were on a gigantic scale, were generally received with favor. In 1864, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. D. May 7, 1873. Chase, SAMUEL, One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, B. in Somerset co., Md., 1741; D. 1811. [s. 169]