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▪ I. ‖ chasse1|ʃɑːs| [F. châsse:—L. capsa case: see also chase n.2] A shrine or case for the relics of a saint.
1670R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1698) I. 35 In this church are to be seen relicks of S. Mary Magdalen..her body in a gilt chasse. 1865Reader 18 Mar. 219/1 A..fine chasse of Limoges enamel of the middle of the thirteenth century. ▪ II. ‖ chasse2|ʃas| [Fr.; short for chasse-café, lit. ‘chase-coffee, coffee-chaser’, f. chasse-r to chase, drive away. (Now called in Fr. pousse-café.)] A draught or potion of some spirituous liquor, taken ostensibly to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, or the like. The full chasse-café is now less used.
1800M. Edgeworth Belinda iii. (1857) 45 She ordered coffee, and afterward chasse-café. 1841L. Hunt Seer (1864) 25 For the digester itself is digested by a liqueur..called a chasse-café (coffee-chaser). 1857Lawrence Guy Liv. vii, So one glass of cognac neat, as a chasse (to more things than good claret). 1866Sala Barbary xv. 298 Tourists..who breakfast in the Valley are in the habit of..‘potting’ the monkeys by way of a chasse-café. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. I. vi. 205 The coffee and chasse followed. 1887Pall Mall G. 7 Feb. 3/2. So ‖ chassé, pa. pple. [Fr.] Treated, or having the taste disguised, with a chasse.
1840Lever H. Lorrequer (Hoppe), Tea or coffee? there's the rum if you like it ‘chassé’. |