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n.
Way of escape; vent.
n.
The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
v.
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.
v. t.
To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
n.
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
n.
One who escapes.
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.
n.
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
imp. & p. p.
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v. i.
To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
n.
The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
n.
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
a.
Not be escaped; inevitable.
v. t.
To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
v.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
n.
The act of escaping; escape.
n.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
v. i.
To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.
n.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
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.
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