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‖ scapus|ˈskeɪpəs|
Pl. scapi |ˈskeɪpaɪ|.
[L.: see scape n.2]
1. Arch. = scape n.2 1. ? Obs.
1563Shute Archit. B iv b, Vpon the foote of the pillor, directly & vpright set Scapus,..the which Scapus, is the boddy of the pillor. 1598R. Haydocke tr. Lomazzo i. xxiv. 85 The Scapus or shafte with his base and capitel. 1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit., etc. 139 The Rings..begirting the Scapus of a Column near the Apophyges. a1728Woodward Nat. Hist. Fossils i. I. (1729) 20 The slender round Scapi of the Pillars of the Abbey-Church in Westminster.
†2. Bot. = scape n.3 3. Obs.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Scapus, the strait Stalk or Shaft of a Plant, standing upright like a Pillar or Column. 1762Ehret Ophrys in Phil. Trans. LIII. 81 These encompass a triquetrous scapus.
3. Ornith. = scape n.2 4.
1882H. Gadow in Proc. Zool. Soc. 420 Fig. 1..s, scapus or shaft. 1883Martin & Moale Vertebr. Dissect. 95 It possesses a main stem or scapus composed of quite different proximal and distal portions.
†4. Ent. = scape n.2 5. Obs.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 323 To begin with the first joint, or scapus. |