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Scapement :: Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3..

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape..

Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape.

Scapegallows :: Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.

Breasting :: Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel..

Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..

Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..

Escape :: Escape (n.) A sally.

Remontoir :: Remontoir (n.) See under Escapement.

Cold :: Cold (n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

Release :: Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors..

Like :: Like (v. i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty..

Outloose :: Outloose (n.) A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion.

Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of..

Escape :: Escape (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape..

Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..

Rejuvenescence :: Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc..

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