[Hunting]
·v That which is pursued or hunted. II. Chase ·vt To cut, so as to make a screw thread. III. Chase...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The vessel pursued by some other, that pursuing being the chaser. This word is also applied to a r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase. ...
To pursue a ship, which is also called giving chase. ♦ A stern chase is when the chaser follows th...
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...
Such guns as are removed to the chase-ports ahead or astern, if not pivot-guns. ...
The gun-ports at the bows and through the stern of a war-ship. ...
Where the sight is usually placed. ...
The cannon which are placed in the after-part of a ship, pointing astern. ...
A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to make sail in pursuit of a stranger. ...
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...