† ˈby-scape Obs. rare—1.
[f. by- 2 b + scape, aphet. f. escape.]
A bastard; cf. by-blow, -slip.
| 1646 Earl of Monmouth Biondi's Hist. vi–ix. 197 For his being God-son to her Brother, and..for that (being very fair) she thought him a by-scape of his. |