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 Chassable: com. Chaseable; fit to be chased, pursued, hunted after.

Chasse: f. A hunting; a chase, pursuit, or following of; a search for, inquirie after; also, a chase at Tennis; also, a Millers walke, or circuit, wherein he may lawfully fetch grist vnto his Mill; also, (in water-workes) that which forceth the water out, or giueth it force to burst out; any violent expulsion, expression, putting forth, driuing out; also, a Shrine for a Relicke, or other (held) sacred thing; also, that thing, or part of a thing, wherein another is enchased; and hence;  La chasse d'un Raisor. The handle of a Rasor.  La chasse d'une Rose. The greene sprigs on the bottome, or backside, of a Rose.  La chasse des souldes. Looke Soulde. La chasse d'un trebuchet. The shrine of a paire of gold weights; the hollow wherein the Cocke, Tongue, or Tryall playeth.  Arbaleste de courte chasse. That carries, or shoots, leuell but a little way.  Harquebouse de chasse. A fowling peece.  En chasse. A bulling; as a Cow thats wanton.  Marquez bien cette chasse. Heed well that passage, marke well the point, whereof I haue informed you.  Retourner ses chasses. A hauke, when she hath flown out, at her height, to come in againe.  C'est vne Chasse ou le veneur est prins: Pro. Said of the ill (but deserued) successe of a false Accusation; or of any Enterprise, that proues hurtfull to the vndertaker, or deuiser of it; wee say of such a one; hee hath made a rod for his owne tayle.  Il n'est chasse que de vieux levrier: Prov. An old dog hunts surest, bites sorest, holds what he catches, kils what he reaches.

Chassé: m. ée: f. Chased, pursued; hunted after; put to flight; driuen away; reiected, or cast off; expelled out of.

Chasse-bosse. Hearbe-willow, or Willow-hearb, Loosse-strife.

Chasse-chien: m. The Clarke, or inferiour Officer, of a Church; who (besides his authoritie ouer dogges) distributes the holie-bread, and begs for the (massing) Priest.

Chasse-corneille: f. A kind of small fowling peece.

Chasse-crainte: com. Feare-expelling.

Chasse-diable. Saint Iohns worte, Saint Iohns grasse.

Chasse-ennui. Care-expelling, cheering vp.

Chasse-erreur. Error-expelling, zealous of truth.

Chasse-fievre: f. Germaunder, English Treacle; an hearbe.

Chasse-mal. Mischiefes-expelling; ill-things out-driuing.

Chasse-marée: m. A Rippier.

Chasse-messe: f. A fire-locke; or horsemans peece that goes off by a fire-locke, and is charged with Quarter-*shot of steele; so tearmed, because first vsed by them of the Religion.

Chasse-monstre: com. Monster-pursuing (an Epithite for Hercules.)

Chasse-mort: com. Preseruatiue, death-expelling.

Chasse-nuë. Skie-cleering.

Chasse-ordure: com. Cleansing, purging, filth-expelling, filthinesse out-driuing.

Chasse-pape. as Chasse-messe. (A word deuised in the late ciuile warres.)

Chasse-peine. Toyle-expelling; cares-excluding; as wine, and gold, &c.

Chasse-peste. substan. as Chasse-bosse. Chasse-peste. adject. Plague-expelling.

Chasse-poulx. Wild blacke Ellebore, or Beares-foot.

Chasser. To chase, or driue away; to expell, reiect, cast off, or put away; also, to hunt; or, follow after; to pursue, or giue chase vnto.  Chasser apres les mouches. To spend the time most vainely, idly, foolishly; to as little purpose as may be; or, to loose time altogether.  Autant vaut celuy qui chasse & rien ne prend, comme celuy qui lit & rien n'entend: Pro. As good hunt and take nought, as read and vnderstand nought.

Chasse-rage. The hearb wild Cresses; or, Dittanie, Ditander, Pepper-wort.

Chasse-rat. A certaine harmelesse Serpent, called so, because she, commonly, feeds on Rats.

Chasseresse: f. A huntresse.

Chasseret: m. A little hunter.

Chasserie: f. Hunting; a chasing.

Chasserot: m. otte: f. Much giuen to hunting.

Chasseteron. A verie small chest, or coffer, of wood.

Chasseton: m. A Scrichowle; also, a little chest of wood.

Chasseur: m. A hunter, a chaser; one that seeketh, or traceth out, others. Chasseur de mouches. A kill-flye; a Braggadochio; also, a vaine or idle fellow.  Desjuner de chasseur. A large, or great, breakefast (eaten.)  Messe de chasseur. A short, or soone-sayed, Masse.

Chassie. Looke Chacie. Chassieuseté: f. Extreame bleare-eyednesse.

Chassieux: m. euse: f. Bleare-eyed; whose eyes doe runne continually.

Chassis: m. A frame of wood for a window; (hence) also, a woodden, paper, or linnen, window; and, the bands, or borders that are on either side of a dore, gate or window; also, a Printers Tympane.

Chassissé: Fenestre chassissée. A window that is couered with Paper, or Linnen cloth, in stead of glasse.

Chassitier: m. A maker of woodden, or paper, windowes; or of frames, for paper, or linnen, windowes.

Chassoire: f. A Carters whip, or whip to driue horses.

Chassot: m. The Gull, Bull-head, or Millers thumbe; (a fish.)

Chastaigne: f. A Chesnut.  Chastaigne chevaline. The horse Chesnut; or, a kind of great blacke Chesnut; rounder and sweeter, but lesse sauourie, then the ordinarie one.  Chastaigne d'eau. The water Nut, Saligot, water Caltrop.  Chastaigne femelle. The small, or wild Chesnut.  Chastaigne marine. The sea Vrchin (a little shell-*fish;) some also call so, the water Caltrop.  Chastaigne masle. as Marron; the great, or domesticall Chesnut. Chastaigne de mer. The sea Vrchin.  Chastaigne de riviere. as Chastaigne d'eau. Il en plumera la chastaigne. Hee will smart, or pay deerely, for it; it will cost him deerely; Seeke Plumer. Chastaigneraye: f. A Groue, Plot, or Orchard of Chestnut trees.

Chastaignier: m. A Chessen, or Chestnut, tree.

Chastain. Chestnut-colour, Liuer-hue.