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beast of chase
beast of chase n. (also beast of the chase) now chiefly historical an animal that is hunted for sport (cf. chase n.1 1b).In early use often spec.: an animal of a group ranked below the most prized quarry, generally including the roe and fallow deer and the fox (see quots. 1728, 2019).
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c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 4 (MED) I wyl..discryve þe nature of these forsaid beestis of venery and of chase.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 375 He began good mesures of blowynge of beestes of venery and beestes of chaace [1485 Caxton beestes of chace].
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Beasts of Chase, in our Statute-Books, are five; the Buck, Doe, Fox, Martin, and Roe. Beasts of the Forest are, the Hart, Hind, Hare, Boar, and Wolf. Beasts and Fowls of the Warren are, the Hare, Coney, Pheasant, and Partridge.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xiv. 312 When roused by the hunter, he [sc. the elephant] proves the most dangerous enemy, and far more difficult to conquer than any other beast of chace.
1905 Badminton Mag. Feb. 220 The roe has value as a beast of the chase, he shows excellent sport both with hounds and rifle.
2019 D. Scott-Macnab Sporting Lex. Fifteenth Cent. (rev. ed.) 164 The distinction seems to reflect different hunting methods, with beasts of venery being dislodged by means of a limer (a tracking dog), and beasts of the chase pursued by the pack without being first tracked by a limer.
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