chas, n.m., eye (of a needle); weaver’s starch; (tech.) plumb rule.
châsse, n.f., reliquary; shrine; frame; handle (of lancets); cheek (of a balance).
chassé, n.m., chasse, a step in dancing.
chasse, n.f., chase, hunt, hunting, chasing, pursuit; game; (mus.) chasse; play (of machinery). — à courre; coursing, hunting. — au tir; shooting. — au vol, — aux oiseaux; fowling. — aux flambeaux; bat fowling. Un garde-—; a game-keeper. Prendre — (nav.); to sheer off. Donner —; to pursue. Soutenir —; to maintain a running fight.
chasse-avant, n.m., (—) overseer, foreman.
chasse-chien, n.m., (—, or —-—s) beadle; keeper employed to drive away dogs.
chasse-coquins, n.m., (—, or —-—s) beggar-driver, beadle.
chasse-cousins, n.m., (—, or —-—s) paltry dinner, bad wine; cold shoulder, poor reception.
chasse-croisé, n.m., (—s-—s) (dancing) chasse-croisé; (fig.) a change of office or situation.
chasse-ennui, n.m., (—) an exhilarant, stimulant.