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The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance from all adversity." Hooker.

balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.

dventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

yes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.

To report by rumor; to tell. 'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden.

ndeavor to find or obtain; as to run after similies. Locke. -- To run away, to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance. -- To run away with. (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage. -- To run…

m disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. "And ye dwelled safe." 1 Sam. xii. 11. They escaped all safe all safe to land. Acts xxvii. 44. Established in a safe, unenvied throne. Milton.

The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.

Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.

for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.

liness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay.

ting were made fuel for the fire; but some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny. Dryden. Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for the preservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted.

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift. To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also scallawag.] [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Resembling scape, or flower stm.

See 1st Scape.

A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Dryden.

f scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.

a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape.

Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. A. Lang.