CHASE  . (1) (Fr. See also:

• CHASSE (Fr. for " chased ")
• CHASSE (from the Fr., in full chasse-cafe, or " coffee-chaser ")

chasse, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. cieptare, frequentative of capere, to take), the pursuit of See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals for See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food or See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport (see See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

HUNTING) . The word is used of the pursuit of any-thing, and also of the thing pursued, as, in See also:

• NAVAL

naval warfare, of a See also:

• SHIP

ship . A transferred meaning is that of See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park See also:

• LAND

land reserved for the breeding and hunting of wild animals, in which sense it appears in various See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place-names in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, as See also:

• CANNOCK

Cannock Chase . It is also a See also:

• TERM

term for a stroke in See also:

• TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

tennis (q.v.) .