scape Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
    flower stalk.
  2. noun (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
    shaft.

WordNet

Scape noun
Etymology
L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
  2. (Zoöl.) The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
  3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
Scape transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Aphetic form of escape.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scaped ; present participle & verbal noun Scaping
Definitions
  1. To escape. Obs. or Poetic. Milton.
    Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer.
Scape noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913