Scape — Defs

01 n. A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

1.
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.(Bot.)
2.
The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.(Zool.)
3.
The shaft of a column.(Arch.)

02 v. t. & i. To escape.

imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping

1.
To escape.[Obs. or Poetic.]
“Out of this prison help that we may scape.” — Chaucer.

03 n. An escape.

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.]
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.]