chased

Adjective

chased

1. Pursued.
   • These two means of observation will enable the chasing vessel to rectify her course and to satisfy herself that she has taken the one which will allow her to reach the chased vessel as speedily as possible — that is to say, at the intersection of their respective courses.1867, The United States Naval Signal Code, page 61
   • The chased player may go in and out of the circle, the others allowing him to do so by raising their hands and the IT must follow exactly or forfeit the game.2008, Caroline Goodfellow, Games from Childhood Past
2. Embossed or engraved.
   • Or, taking another instance of a successful copy from the antique, it would be difficult to surpass in beauty of design and execution the wine or spirit bottle which is modelled after an old Flemish original, the effect of the chased design being still further enhanced by curved lines of ribbed...1895, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality - Volume 8, page 334
   • The chased lozenges have pairs of confronting green triangles set tip-to-tip, and with squares and diminutive triangles, all in purple and green porphyry, in the white marble interspaces.2019, Warwick Rodwell, David S. Neal, The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey, page 234