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(), 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. (Zol.) The long basal joint of the antenn 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. スポンサード リンク
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