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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scaping,) Skaping, ppl. adj. [Scap(e v.] Describing a place to which to escape, providing refuge. —1581-1623 James VI Poems I 239/347.
No skaping place is in the seas thoch men uoulde Mars refuse
