Scape

[skeip]

Definition

(noun.) erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.

Editor: Philip--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

(n.) The shaft of a column.

(n.) The apophyge of a shaft.

(v. t. & i.) To escape.

(n.) An escape.

(n.) Means of escape; evasion.

(n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.

(n.) Loose act of vice or lewdness.

Editor: Noreen

Definition

n. (bot.) a long naked radical peduncle: (entom.) the basal joint of antenn? (ornith.) the stem of a feather: (archit.) the shaft of a column.—adjs. Scape′less (bot.) wanting a scape; Scap′iform scape-like; Scapig′erous scape-bearing.

n. an escape: a freak or fault.—v.t. to escape from: to miss: to shun.—ns. Scape′gallows one who deserves hanging: a villain; Scape′grace a graceless hare-brained fellow.

n. the cry of the snipe when flushed: the snipe itself.

Checker: Zachariah