chaser

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One that chases or pursues another: a chaser of criminals.
2. n. A drink, as of beer or water, taken after hard liquor.
3. n. One who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
4. n. A steel tool for cutting or finishing screw threads.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who chases; a pursuer; a hunter; a driver.
2. n. Nautical: A vessel which pursues another, A chase-gun; a gun on a vessel mounted especially for service when in chase or being chased: called a bow-chaser when pointed from the bow, and a stern-chaser when from the stern.
3. n. A short strap used to keep the curtain of a carriage in place when it is rolled up.
4. n. One who chases or enchases; an enchaser.
5. n. A hand-tool of steel used for cutting or finishing the threads of screws; the tool used as the cutting instrument in a chasing-lathe.
6. n. The sip of water or mild drink with which tipplers ‘chase’ or wash down their dram of spirits.
7. n. Same as edge-runner mill (which see, under mill). Also called chaser mill.

Wiktionary

1. n. logging, obsolete Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger.
2. n. logging one who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
3. n. One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
2. n. (Naut.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.
3. n. One who chases or engraves. See 5th chase, and enchase.
4. n. (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
2. n. a drink to follow immediately after another drink