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scapus

scapus
  (ˈskeɪpəs)
  Pl. scapi (ˈskeɪpaɪ).
  [L.: see scape n.2]
  1. Arch. = scape n.2 1. ? Obs.

1563 Shute Archit. B iv b, Vpon the foote of the pillor, directly & vpright set Scapus,..the which Scapus, is the boddy of the pillor. 1598 R. Haydocke tr. Lomazzo i. xxiv. 85 The Scapus or shafte with his base and capitel. 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit., etc. 139 The Rings..begirting the Scapus of a Column near the Apophyges. a 1728 Woodward 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.

1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Scapus, the strait Stalk or Shaft of a Plant, standing upright like a Pillar or Column. 1762 Ehret Ophrys in Phil. Trans. LIII. 81 These encompass a triquetrous scapus.

  3. Ornith. = scape n.2 4.

1882 H. Gadow in Proc. Zool. Soc. 420 Fig. 1..s, scapus or shaft. 1883 Martin & 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.

1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 323 To begin with the first joint, or scapus.

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