SCAPE
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Scape (?), n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. &unr_; 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.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
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3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
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Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] Milton.
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Out of this prison help that we may scape.
Chaucer.
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Scape, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.]
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I spake of most disastrous chances, . . .
Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
Shak.
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2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne.
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3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]
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Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance.
Milton.
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4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.
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