Scape

From Latin scāpus (""), from Ancient Greek (Doric) σκᾶπος.

Full definition of scape

Noun

1. (botany) a leafless stalk growing directly out of a root
2. the lowest part of an insect's antenna
3. (architecture) the shaft of a column
4. (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.

Formed by aphesis from escape.

Verb

1. (archaic) to escape

Noun

1. (archaic) escape
• ShakespeareI spake of most disastrous chances, ... Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
2. (obsolete) A means of escape; evasion.
3. (obsolete) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
• MiltonNot pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance.
4. (obsolete) A loose act of vice or lewdness.

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