Word Meanings - CHASING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
Related words: (words related to CHASING)
- CHAST
to chasten. Chaucer. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - PRODUCIBILITY
The quality or state of being producible. Barrow. - METALLIC
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic - CHASING
The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way. - METALLIFORM
Having the form or structure of a metal. - CHASE
1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. We are those which chased you from the field. Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; - PRODUCEMENT
Production. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - CHASTISER
One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. The chastiser of the rich. Burke. - CHASSEPOT
A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun. - CHASIBLE
See CHASUBLE - PIECER
1. One who pieces; a patcher. 2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads. - METALLIFACTURE
The production and working or manufacture of metals. R. Park. - METALLOGRAPH
A print made by metallography. - METALLINE
Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties. Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water. - METALLOPHONE
An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars. - METALLICLY
In a metallic manner; by metallic means. - METALLICAL
See METALLIC - METALEPTIC
Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis. 2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle. - SPARPIECE
The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt. - ISOCHASMIC
Indicating equal auroral display; as, an isochasmic line. - BIMETALLIST
An advocate of bimetallism. - NONMETAL
Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals. - DRIFTPIECE
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. - CODPIECE
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke. - PURCHASE
purchacier, to pursue, to seek eagerly, F. pourchasser; OF. pour, 1. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire. Chaucer. That loves the thing he can not purchase. Spenser. Your accent is Something finer than you could - OVERPRODUCTION
Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.