Syn. -- Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary;
sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.
Scape (?), n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. &?; a staff: cf.
F. scape. Cf. Scepter.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or
from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot,
and the like.