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scape

1. scape \'ska-p\ vb [ME scapen, short for escapen] : ESCAPE 
2. scape \'ska--p*-.fo.rm\ n [L scapus shaft, stalk - more at SHAFT] 1: a 
   peduncle arising at or beneath the surface of the ground in an acaules cent 
   plant (as the tulip); broadly : a flower stalk 2a: the shaft of a column  
   2b: the small concave curve at the top or bottom of the shaft of a column w 
   here it joins the capital or the base 3: the shaft of an animal part (as an 
   antenna or feather)  - sca.pi.form aj