A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
The shaft of a column.
The apophyge of a shaft.
To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer.
An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak.
Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne.
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton.
Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.
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