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Scape Definition And Meaning
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.

Scape Definition And Meaning

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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