Definitions for: Scape

[n] erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

Webster (1913) Definition: Scape, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a
staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.]
1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a
subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the
bloodroot, and the like.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[ae] of an
insect.

3. (Arch.)
(a) The shaft of a column.
(b) The apophyge of a shaft.

Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scaping.] [Aphetic form of escape.]
To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton.

Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer.

Scape, n.
1. An escape. [Obs.]

I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of
hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
--Shak.

2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne.

3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]

Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and
ignorance. --Milton.

4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms: flower stalk

See Also: peduncle, stalk, stem

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