The great chasseur who had announced her arrival.
W. Irving.
Chas"sis (?), n. [F. chÔssis.] (Mil.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]
Chast (chāst), v. t. to chasten. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Chaste (chāst), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. šudth to purify.]
1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana." Shak.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
Milton.
2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer.
Macaulay.