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Definition of Chasing
1. n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
Definition of Chasing
1. Verb. (present participle of chase) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chasing
1. a design engraved on metal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasing
Literary usage of Chasing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Play in Education by Joseph Lee (1915)
"It is observable that children in their chasing games prefer to catch hold ...
In the chasing games we can trace, in short, the shadowy outline of the same ..."
2. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"STEEPLE-chasing. Steeple-chasing is to proper bold riding what fool-hardiness is
to courage. It proves nothing except that the chaser is in want of a ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... Racing and chasing—what glorious fun! "No, no; doze is 'ittle white beggars,"
said he. •"Ittle white beggars," he murmured again. ..."
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