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SCAPE
shaft, scape
(noun) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
scape, flower stalk
(noun) erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root.
The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
The basal part of the ovipositor of an insect, more specifically known as the oviscape.
(architecture) The shaft of a column.
(architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
Etymology 2
Verb
scape (third-person singular simple present scapes, present participle scaping, simple past and past participle scaped)
(archaic) to escape
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
(archaic) escape
(obsolete) A means of escape; evasion.
(obsolete) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
(obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.
Etymology 3
Probably imitative.
Noun
scape (plural scapes)
The cry of the snipe when flushed.
The snipe itself.
Anagrams
• EPACs, Space, a-spec, aspec, capes, paces, space
Source: Wiktionary
Scape, n. Etym: [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. scape. Cf. Scepter.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The long basal joint of the antennæ 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.] Etym: [Aphetic form of escape.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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