Scape

Definitions

1. A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
2. Escape.
   archaic
3. The cry of the snipe when flushed.
4. The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
5. A means of escape; evasion.
   obsolete
6. The snipe itself.
7. The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
8. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
   obsolete
9. The shaft of a column.
10. A loose act of vice or lewdness.
    obsolete
11. The apophyge of a shaft.

Equivalents

Examples

“I spake of most disastrous chances, […] Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.”

“Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance.”

“though I am not bookish, yyet I can read⟳ waiting-gentlewoman in the 'scape”

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