Scape /(?)/

1. A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. (Bot.)
2. The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect. (Zool.)
3. The shaft of a column. (Arch.)

imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping

1. To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.]

   Out of this prison help that we may scape.

1. An escape. [Obs.]

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

2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.]
3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]

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

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