scape

IPA: skˈeɪp

noun

  • (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
  • The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
  • The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
  • (architecture) The shaft of a column.
  • (architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
  • (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.
  • The cry of the snipe when flushed.
  • The snipe itself.

verb

  • (archaic) to escape
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