scape
    n 1: erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the
         ground as in a tulip [syn: scape, flower stalk]
    2: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a
       column [syn: shaft, scape]

Scape \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.
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   2. (Zool.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
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   3. (Arch.)
      (a) The shaft of a column.
      (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
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Scape \Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Scaping.] [Aphetic form of escape.]
   To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton.
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         Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer.
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Scape \Scape\, n.
   1. An escape. [Obs.]
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            I spake of most disastrous chances, . . .
            Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly
            breach.                               --Shak.
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   2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne.
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   3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]
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            Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and
            ignorance.                            --Milton.
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   4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Apophyge \A*poph"y*ge\, n. [Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the
   curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital,
   fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee:
   cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.)
   The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the
   shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the
   fillet; -- called also the scape. --Parker.
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