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English Dictionary: scape	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scape n erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip Synonym(s): scape, flower stalk (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column Synonym(s): shaft, scape
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scape \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[94]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[91] of an insect. 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scape \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scape \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Apophyge \[d8]Apoph"yge\, n. [Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the {scape}. --Parker.