CHASE

(Fr. cha is.) In Printing, an Iron frame six tenths of an inch in thickne , in which pages are wedged up to secure the letters from separating or dropping out in the proce of printiu are of different dimenicordmg to Ihe number of pases in a sheet, and of the paper: in the printing of books there are two bars fixed acro at right angles, called cro es, so as to divide the chase into quarters for greater security. The thickne is always the same, however large the chase, being lower than the types, for the purpose of keeping the margin of the paper clean. Chase. A row or rank of plants or trees, and more especially of hedge plants; also an extent of waste or forest Chase. In Nautical language, pursuit; also the ve el pursued. headCWASER.and stern for The firing ve el when pursuing.in chase. Also guns at the embo ingCHAStNG,or in or i king ENCHASING.basal nlievi in In metals.Sculpture,The the work art of is punched out from the back, and then cut on steel blocks or puncheons, and cleared with small chisels and gravers. ( [s. 231]