About The Word Scape
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Scape
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What's The Definition Of Scape?
[n] erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scape: flower stalk Related Terms | Find terms related to Scape: See Also | peduncle | stalk | stem Scape In Webster's Dictionary \Scape\, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a
staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. {Scepter}.]
1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a
subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the
bloodroot, and the like.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[ae] of an
insect.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The shaft of a column.
(b) The apophyge of a shaft.
\Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Scaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaping}.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer. \Scape\, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. --Shak. 2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne. 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. --Milton. 4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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