\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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[ae] of an
   insect.
3. (Arch.)
   (a) The shaft of a column.
   (b) The apophyge of a shaft.

\Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Scaped}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Scaping}.] [Aphetic form of escape.]
To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton.
      Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer.

\Scape\, n.
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.