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   ‖Apophyge , n. [Gr. ἀποφυγή escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. ἀποφεύγειν to flee away; ἀπό from + φεύγειν 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.
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   Scape , n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr.  a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.]
   (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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   (Zool.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
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   (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
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   Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.]
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   Out of this prison help that we may scape.
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   Scape, n.
   An escape. [Obs.]
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   I spake of most disastrous chances, . . .
   Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
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   Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.]
   Donne.
   
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   A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]
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   Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance.
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   Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.]
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