chasernoun詞源 1/ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/

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  Something or someone who chases.

  • One student is the chaser and the other is the chasee. Give the chasee three seconds to get away and then allow the chaser to attempt to tag the chasee.
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  equestrianismhobbieshorsesA horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.

  • "[I]t looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a chaser."
  • "Wild Risk...had his greatest successes as a steeplechaser rather than a flat racer... It is rare indeed that a 'chaser - even one as good as wild risk - makes a good flat sire."
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  obsoleteequestrianismhobbieshorsesA hunter (a horse bred and trained for use in hunting).

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  slangA drink consumed after another of a different kind.

  • beer chaser
  • straight, no chaser
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  obsoleteSomeone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled

  • ...on one end known as a Bardon choker hook, to facilitate making a loop. It stays tight and makes it unnecessary for the "chaser" or "choker setter" to follow the "turn" to the landing as might have to be done if tongs are used
  • "A chaser follows the logs to the landing, often riding in a rigging sled hollowed out of a log, which is attached to the rear log. The chaser can signal to the road engineer at any point..."
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  One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.

  • "The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line, the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree."
  • A chaser was the man who unhooked the logs that were yarded in to the spar tree.
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  obsoleteslangA piece of music played after a performance while the audience leaves.

  • After the final curtain the orchestra played a "chaser" which was music played while the audience members not remaining for the after-show concert left the theatre.
  • Films had become a regular feature of the typical vaudeville program, ending most programs and occasionally serving as a “chaser” that encouraged audiences to leave the continuous programs rather than retain their seats to watch them a second time.
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  A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.

chasernoun詞源 2/ˈt͡ʃeɪsə/

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  Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.

  • "Mr B., heraldic chaser, says there are several processes in making heraldy plates, sketching, engraving, embossing, chasing and burnishing." "H. & C., manufacturers of cloth and gilt buttons, say it requires some weeks to learn to chase the gilt buttons, which are done with small metal tools and a hammer. Chasers are paid by the piece, working ten hours a day, and some can earn $1 a day."
  • "Flat chasing in sunken or low relief is a technique by which the ornament is formed by beating down the ground from the front. This is done in essentially the same manner as repoussé work, where the ornament appears in high relief, but the design is punched from the face of the silver plate. ... Sometimes, instead of applying a freehand design, the chaser covers the greased surface with a paper pattern in which the design is pricked with pins."
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  A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.

  • In Fig. i is shown one of the chasers in the position which it occupies in cutting a thread.
  • "Many screw threads are also finished completely with chasers of this type, although they are not adapted for extremely accurate work unless the teeth are ground after hardening, because the pitch of the chaser teeth is affected more or less by..."
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  nauticaltransportA chase gun.

  • bow chaser; stern chaser