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scape 1  (skp)
n.
1. Botany A leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground, as in the tulip.
2. Biology A stalklike part, such as a feather shaft or a segment of an insect's antenna.
3. Architecture The shaft of a column.

[Latin scpus, stalk, perhaps from Greek skpos.]

scape 2  (skp)
v. & n. Archaic
Variant of escape.

scape 3  (skp)
n.
A scene; a view. Often used in combination: seascape; mindscape.

[From landscape.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scapescape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
peduncle - stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2.scape - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"


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Nor did ISRAEL scape Th' infection when their borrow'd Gold compos'd The Calf in OREB: and the Rebel King Doubl'd that sin in BETHEL and in DAN, Lik'ning his Maker to the Grazed Ox, JEHOVAH, who in one Night when he pass'd From EGYPT marching, equal'd with one stroke Both her first born and all her bleating Gods.
But thou art placed above me; thou art Lord; From thee I can, and must, submiss, endure Cheek or reproof, and glad to scape so quit.
How little appreciation of the beauty of the land- scape there is among us
 
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