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scape1 definition

scape (skāp)

noun

  1. a leafless flower stalk growing from the crown of the root, as that of the narcissus or dandelion
  2. something like a stalk, as the shaft of a feather or of an insect's antenna
    1. the shaft of a column
    2. apophyge

Etymology: L scapus: see shaft

scape2 definition

scape (skāp)

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb scaped, scaping scap′·ing

Archaic escape
also 'scape

Etymology: ME scapen, aphetic < escapen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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