n. - A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
n. - The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
n. - The shaft of a column.
n. - The apophyge of a shaft.
v. t. & i. - To escape.
n. - An escape.
n. - Means of escape; evasion.
n. - A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
n. - Loose act of vice or lewdness.