Stern-CHASE, is when the chaser follows the chased after directly upon the same point of the compass.
To lie with a ship's fore-foot in a CHASE, is to fall and meet with her by the nearest distance; and so to cross her in her way, or to come across her fore-foot.
A ship is said to have a good chace, when she is so built forward on, or a-stern, that she can carry many guns to shoot forwards or backwards; according to which she is said to have a good forward or good stern chace.