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scape1, 'scape vb. and sb. (obs. or arch.) Aphetic of ESCAPE. XIII.
Hence (from the vb.) scapegoat (XVI), intended to render the supposed literal meaning of Heb. azāzel (Lev. 16: 8, 10, 26) ‘the goote on which the lotte fell to scape’ (so Vulg. caper emissarius); the correct interpretation is prob. ‘goat for Azazel’ (a demon of the desert). scapegrace incorrigible scamp (‘one who escapes the grace of God’) XIX.
Hence (from the vb.) scapegoat (XVI), intended to render the supposed literal meaning of Heb. azāzel (Lev. 16: 8, 10, 26) ‘the goote on which the lotte fell to scape’ (so Vulg. caper emissarius); the correct interpretation is prob. ‘goat for Azazel’ (a demon of the desert). scapegrace incorrigible scamp (‘one who escapes the grace of God’) XIX.
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scape / skāp/ • n. 1. Bot. a long, leafless flower stalk coming directly from a root.2. Entomol. the basal segment of an insect's antenna, esp. when it is enlarged and lengthened (as in a weevil).
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scape2 (bot.) long flower-stalk rising from the root. XVII. — L. scāpus, Gr. skâpos, rel. to Gr. skˆptron SCEPTRE.
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scape The usually elongate basal segment of geniculate (elbowed) antennae in Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants).
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