To escape.n. An escape.n. Means of escape; evasion.n. Freak; aberration; deviation; escapade; misdemeanor; trick; cheat.n. In botany, a radical peduncle or stem bearing the fructification without leaves, as in the narcissus, primrose, hepatica, stemless violets, hyacinth, etc. See also cuts under jonquil and puttyroot. Also scapus.n. In entomology: The basal joint of an antenna, especially when it is long and slender, as in the geniculate antennæ of many hymenopters and coleopters, or the two proximal joints, as in dipters, generally small and different from the others. The stem-like basal portion of the halter or poiser of a dipter.n. In ornithology, the shaft or stem of a feather; a rachis; a scapus.n. In architecture, the apophyge or spring of a column; the part where a column springs from its base, usually molded into a concave sweep or cavetto.n. The cry of the snipe when flushed.n. The snipe itself.