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escape
(mass) | escape
- únik, uniknúť |
escape
(encz) | escape,ujít |
escape
(encz) | escape,únik |
escape
(encz) | escape,unikat |
escape
(encz) | escape,uniknout |
Escape
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, v. i.
1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed
by from or out of.
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Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind??
--Keble.
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2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed
without harm.
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Such heretics . . . would have been thought
fortunate, if they escaped with life. --Macaulay.
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3. 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.
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To escape out of these meshes. --Thackeray.
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Escape
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
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2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
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I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
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3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
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4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
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5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
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7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
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Escape
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Escaping.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper,
eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or
cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d
Cape, and cf. Scape, v.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
"Sailors that escaped the wreck." --Shak.
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2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention.
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They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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escape
(wn) | escape
n 1: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from
the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage";
"his flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: escape,
flight]
2: an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through
diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from
the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of
escapism" [syn: escape, escapism]
3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion,
escape, dodging]
4: an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow
escape"
5: a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from
worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their
escape route"
6: a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
7: the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to
stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to
clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage,
outflow]
8: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a
steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure
reaches a dangerous level [syn: safety valve, {relief
valve}, escape valve, escape cock, escape]
v 1: run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped
from a high security prison" [syn: escape, get away,
break loose]
2: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
[syn: miss, escape]
3: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a
forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't
get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: get off,
get away, get by, get out, escape]
4: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you
are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape]
5: remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for
pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a
few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get
away during the summer" [syn: escape, get away]
6: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man,
run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
[syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, {run
away}, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, {take to
the woods}, escape, fly the coop, break away]
7: issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the
bedroom" |
escape
(foldoc) | ESCAPE
An early system on the IBM 650.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
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escape
(foldoc) | escape
ESC
(ESC) ASCII character 27.
When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution
or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an
escape sequence.
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ESCAPE
(bouvier) | ESCAPE. An escape is tho deliverance of a person who is lawfully imprisoned,
out of prison, before such a person is entitled to such deliverance by law.
5 Mass. 310.
2. It will be proper to consider, first, what is a lawful imprisonment;
and, secondly, the different kinds of escapes.
3. When a man is imprisoned in a proper place under the process of a
court having jurisdiction in the case, he is lawfully imprisoned,
notwithstanding the proceedings may be irregular; but if the court has not
jurisdiction the imprisonment is unlawful, whether the process be regular or
otherwise. Bac. Ab. Escape. in civil cases, A 1; 13 John. 378; 5 John. 89; 1
Cowen, 309 8 Cowen, 192; 1 Root, R. 288.
4. Escapes are divided into voluntary and negligent; actual or
constructive; civil and criminal and escapes on mesne process and execution.
5.-1. A voluntary escape is the giving to a prisoner, voluntarily,
any liberty not authorized by law. 5 Mass. 310; 2 Chipm. 11. Letting a
prisoner confined under final process, out of prison for any, even the
shortest time, is an escape, although he afterwards return; 2 Bl. Rep. 1048;
1 Roll. Ab. 806; and this may be, (as in the case of imprisonment under a
ca. sa.) although an officer may accompany him. 3 Co. 44 a Plowd. 37; Hob.
202; 1 Bos. & Pull. 24 2 Bl. Rep. 1048.
6. The effect of a voluntary escape in a civil case, when the prisoner
is confined under final process, is to discharge the debtor, so that he
cannot be retaken by the sheriff; but he may be again arrested if he was
confined only on mesne process. 2 T. R. 172; 2 Barn. & A. 56. And the
plaintiff may retake the prisoner in either case. In a criminal case, on the
contrary, the officer not only has a right to recapture his prisoner, but it
is his duty to do so. 6 Hill, 344; Bac. Ab. Escape in civil cases, C.
7.-2. A negligent escape takes place when the prisoner goes at large,
unlawfully, either because the building or prison in which he is confined is
too weak to hold him, or because the keeper by carelessness lets him go out
of prison.
8. The consequences of a negligent escape are not so favorable to the
prisoner confined under final process, as they are when the escape is
voluntary, because in this case, the prisoner is to blame. He may therefore
be retaken.
9.-3. The escape is actual, when the prisoner in fact gets out of
prison and unlawfully regains his liberty.
10.-4. A constructive escape takes place when the prisoner obtains
more liberty than the law allows, although he still remains in confinement
The following cases are examples of such escapes: When a man marries his
prisoner. Plowd. 17; Bac. Ab. Escape, B 3. If an underkeeper be taken in
execution, and delivered at the prison, and neither the sheriff nor any
authorized person be there to receive him. 5 Mass. 310. And when the keeper
of a prison made one of the prisoners confined for a debt a turnkey, and
trusted him with the keys, it was held that this was a constructive escape.
2 Mason, 486.
11. Escapes in civil cases are, when the prisoner is charged in
execution or on mesne process for a debt or duty, and not for a criminal
offence, and he unlawfully gains his liberty. In this case, we have seen,
the prisoner may be retaken, if the escape have not been voluntary; and that
he may be retaken by the plaintiff when the escape has taken place without
his fault, whether the defendant be confined in execution or not; and that
the sheriff may retake the prisoner, who has been liberated by him, when he
was not confined on final process.
12. Escapes in criminal cases take place when a person lawfully in
prison, charged with a crime or under sentence, regains his liberty
unlawfully. The prisoner being to blame for not submitting to the law, and
in effecting his escape, may be retaken whether the escape was voluntary or
not. And he may be indicted, fined and imprisoned for so escaping. See
Prison.
13. Escape on mesne process is where the prisoner is not confined on
final process, but on some other process issued in the course of the
proceedings, and unlawfully obtains his liberty, such escape does not make
the officer liable, provided that on the return day of the writ, the
prisoner is forthcoming.
14. Escape on final process is when the prisoner obtains his liberty
unlawfully while lawfully confined, and under an execution or other final
decree. The officer is then, in general, liable to the plaintiff for the
amount of the debt.
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ESCAPE
(bouvier) | ESCAPE, WARRANT. A warrant issued in England against a person who being
charged in custody in the king's bench or Fleet prison, in execution or
mesne process, escapes and goes at large. Jacob's L. D. h.t.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
escape
(mass) | escape
- únik, uniknúť |
escape
(encz) | escape,ujít escape,únik escape,unikat escape,uniknout |
escape clause
(encz) | escape clause,úniková doložka Zdeněk Brožescape clause,úniková klauzule Zdeněk Brož |
escape cock
(encz) | escape cock, n: |
escape expert
(encz) | escape expert, n: |
escape from
(encz) | escape from, v: |
escape hatch
(encz) | escape hatch, n: |
escape key
(encz) | Escape key,klávesa Escape [it.] |
escape mechanism
(encz) | escape mechanism, n: |
escape pod
(encz) | escape pod,záchranný modul v.martin |
escape valve
(encz) | escape valve, n: |
escape velocity
(encz) | escape velocity,úniková rychlost |
escape wheel
(encz) | escape wheel, n: |
escaped
(encz) | escaped,uniklý adj: Zdeněk Brožescaped,uprchl v: Zdeněk Brož |
escapee
(encz) | escapee,uprchlík n: Zdeněk Brož |
escapement
(encz) | escapement,krokové ústrojí n: Zdeněk Brož |
escapes
(encz) | escapes,uniká v: Zdeněk Brož |
fire escape
(encz) | fire escape, n: |
narrow escape
(encz) | narrow escape, n: |
klávesa escape
(czen) | klávesa Escape,Escape key[it.] |
Anchor escapement
(gcide) | Anchor escapement \An"chor es*cape"ment\ (Horol.)
(a) The common recoil escapement.
(b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse
pin.
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Cylinder escapement
(gcide) | Cylinder \Cyl"in*der\ (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF.
cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. ky`lindros, fr. kyli`ndein,
kyli`ein, to roll. Cf. Calender the machine.]
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1. (Geom.)
(a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of
a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of
rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is
oblong, and the cross section is circular.
(b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The
space may be limited or unlimited in length.
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2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as:
(a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is
moved by the force of steam.
(b) The barrel of an air or other pump.
(c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces
the impression or carries the type in a cylinder
press.
(d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a
revolver.
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3. The revolving square prism carrying the cards in a
Jacquard loom.
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Cylinder axis. (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis.
Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a
cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous
sheet to the dryers.
Cylinder escapement. See Escapement.
Cylinder glass. See Glass.
Cylinder mill. See Roller mill.
Cylinder press. See Press.
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Deadbeat escapement
(gcide) | Deadbeat \Dead"beat`\, a. (Physics)
Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single
beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other
instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent
of its deflection and stops with little or no further
oscillation.
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Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.
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Detached escapement
(gcide) | Detached \De*tached"\, a.
Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached
parcels. "Extensive and detached empire." --Burke.
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Detached escapement. See Escapement.
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Duplex escapement
(gcide) | Duplex \Du"plex\, a. [L., fr. duo two + plicare to fold. See
Two, and Complex.]
1. Double; twofold.
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2. (Computers) organized so that data may be transmitted in
two opposite directions over the same channel; -- of
communications channels, such as data transfer lines
between computers.
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Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in
which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See
Escapement.
Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing,
by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the
piece operated upon.
Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam
cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the
valves of the other.
Duplex querela [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a
complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to
his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop.
--Mozley & W.
Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending two
messages over the same wire simultaneously.
Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.
half duplex (Computers)
(a) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in
both directions, but only in one direction at a time;
-- of communications channels between computers;
contrasted with full duplex(a).
(b) arranged so that the information transmitted to the
remote computer also appears on the local terminal; --
of communications channels between computers;
contrasted with full duplex(b).
full duplex, (Computers)
(a) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in
both directions simultaneously; -- of communications
channels between computers; contrasted with {half
duplex(a)}.
(b) arranged so that the information transmitted to the
remote computer does not appear on the local terminal;
-- of communications channels between computers;
contrasted with half duplex(b).
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Escape
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, v. i.
1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed
by from or out of.
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Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind??
--Keble.
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2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed
without harm.
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Such heretics . . . would have been thought
fortunate, if they escaped with life. --Macaulay.
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3. 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.
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To escape out of these meshes. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
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2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
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I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
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3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
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4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
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7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
[1913 Webster]Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Escaping.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper,
eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or
cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d
Cape, and cf. Scape, v.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
"Sailors that escaped the wreck." --Shak.
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2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention.
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They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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Escape pipe
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
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2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
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I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
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3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
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4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
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5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
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7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
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Escape valve
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
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2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
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I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
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3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
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4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
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5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
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7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
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escape velocity
(gcide) | escape velocity \es*cape" vel*o"ci*ty\, n. (Physics)
The minimum velocity at which an object must be moving in
order for it to overcome the gravitational attraction of a
massive celestial body, such as the earth or the sun, and
escape beyond its gravitational field into free space. The
velocity is calculated as though attained instantaneously at
the surface of the celestial body, and is pointed directly
away from its center, and neglecting effects of atmospheric
friction. Rockets, which accelerate gradually and are moving
rapidly at a high altitude when their fuel is exhausted or
their engines shut off, may escape even if moving slightly
slower at that point than the surface escape velocity.
Compare orbital velocity.
[PJC]
Note: The escape velocity at the surface of the earth is 11.2
km/sec (25,100 miles per hour), at the moon's surface
is 2.4 km/sec, and at the sun's surface is 617.7
km/sec. The escape velocity is calculated as:
Ve = root2Rg
where R is the radius of the celestial body and g is
the acceleration due to the gravitational field at its
surface. The peculiar chracteristic of a black hole
is that the escape velocity at its "surface" (called
its "event horizon") is greater than the speed of
light. Therefore nothing, not even light, may escape
from it. --Dict. Sci. Tech.
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Escape wheel
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
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2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
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3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
[1913 Webster]
Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
[1913 Webster]escape wheel \es*cape" wheel`\, n.
The rotating wheel in an escapement mechanism which has
notches that are periodically engaged and disengaged by the
anchor.
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escape wheel
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, n.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps.
lv. 8.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an
oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
I should have been more accurate, and corrected all
those former escapes. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other
custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.
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5. (Bot.) A plant which has escaped from cultivation.
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Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison
breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner
from custody, escape being the permission of the
departure by the custodian, either by connivance or
negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by
some of the old authorities to a departure from custody
by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton.
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5. (Arch.) An apophyge.
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6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.
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7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting
wires, caused by defective insulation.
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Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam
that escapes through a safety valve.
Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety
valve. See under Relief, and Safety.
Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
[1913 Webster]escape wheel \es*cape" wheel`\, n.
The rotating wheel in an escapement mechanism which has
notches that are periodically engaged and disengaged by the
anchor.
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Escaped
(gcide) | Escape \Es*cape"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Escaping.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper,
eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or
cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d
Cape, and cf. Scape, v.]
1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to
shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
"Sailors that escaped the wreck." --Shak.
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2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade;
as, the fact escaped our attention.
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They escaped the search of the enemy. --Ludlow.
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Escapement
(gcide) | Escapement \Es*cape"ment\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]chappement. See
Escape.]
1. The act of escaping; escape. [R.]
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2. Way of escape; vent. [R.]
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An escapement for youthful high spirits. --G. Eliot.
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3. 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.
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Note: Escapements are of several kinds, as the vertical, or
verge, or crown, escapement, formerly used in watches,
in which two pallets on the balance arbor engage with a
crown wheel; the anchor escapement, in which an
anchor-shaped piece carries the pallets; -- used in
common clocks (both are called recoil escapements, from
the recoil of the escape wheel at each vibration); the
cylinder escapement, having an open-sided hollow
cylinder on the balance arbor to control the escape
wheel; the duplex escapement, having two sets of teeth
on the wheel; the lever escapement, which is a kind of
detached escapement, because the pallets are on a lever
so arranged that the balance which vibrates it is
detached during the greater part of its vibration and
thus swings more freely; the detent escapement, used in
chronometers; the remontoir escapement, in which the
escape wheel is driven by an independent spring or
weight wound up at intervals by the clock train, --
sometimes used in astronomical clocks. When the shape
of an escape-wheel tooth is such that it falls dead on
the pallet without recoil, it forms a deadbeat
escapement.
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Escaper
(gcide) | Escaper \Es*cap"er\, n.
One who escapes.
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Fire escape
(gcide) | Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Lever escapement
(gcide) | Lever \Le"ver\ (l[=e]"v[~e]r or l[e^]v"[~e]r; 277), n. [OE.
levour, OF. leveor, prop., a lifter, fr. F. lever to raise,
L. levare; akin to levis light in weight, E. levity, and
perh. to E. light not heavy: cf. F. levier. Cf. Alleviate,
Elevate, Leaven, Legerdemain, Levee, Levy, n.]
1. (Mech.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about
one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or
more other points where forces are applied; -- used for
transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a
bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to
exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its
length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and
turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It
is usually named as the first of the six mechanical
powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the
fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is
situated between the other two, as in the figures.
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2. (Mach.)
(a) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece
to turn it.
(b) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or
to obtain motion from it.
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Compound lever, a machine consisting of two or more levers
acting upon each other.
Lever escapement. See Escapement.
Lever jack. See Jack, n., 5.
Lever watch, a watch having a vibrating lever to connect
the action of the escape wheel with that of the balance.
Universal lever, a machine formed by a combination of a
lever with the wheel and axle, in such a manner as to
convert the reciprocating motion of the lever into a
continued rectilinear motion of some body to which the
power is applied.
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Recoil escapement
(gcide) | Recoil \Re*coil"\, n.
1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as,
the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
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2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
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The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W.
Robertson.
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3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when
discharged.
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Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring
the force of the recoil of a firearm.
Recoil escapement. See the Note under Escapement.
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Voluntary escape
(gcide) | Voluntary \Vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will,
choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin
to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See
Will, v. t., and cf. Benevolent, Volition,
Volunteer.]
1. Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of
choice.
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That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary
action is the true principle of orthodoxy. --N. W.
Taylor.
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2. Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled
by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by
another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous;
acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
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Our voluntary service he requires. --Milton.
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She fell to lust a voluntary prey. --Pope.
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3. Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed;
intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by
lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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4. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or
regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an
animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in
distinction from involuntary motions, such as the
movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers,
which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary
agent.
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God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary,
agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with
himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
--Hooker.
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6. (Law) Free; without compulsion; according to the will,
consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration;
gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
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7. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary
church, in distinction from an established or state
church.
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Voluntary affidavit or Voluntary oath (Law), an affidavit
or oath made in an extrajudicial matter.
Voluntary conveyance (Law), a conveyance without valuable
consideration.
Voluntary escape (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the
express consent of the sheriff.
Voluntary jurisdiction. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See {Contentious
jurisdiction}, under Contentious.
Voluntary waste. (Law) See Waste, n., 4.
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Syn: See Spontaneous.
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escape
(wn) | escape
n 1: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from
the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage";
"his flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: escape,
flight]
2: an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through
diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from
the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of
escapism" [syn: escape, escapism]
3: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or
trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his
clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the
consequences is possible but unattractive" [syn: evasion,
escape, dodging]
4: an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow
escape"
5: a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from
worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their
escape route"
6: a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
7: the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to
stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to
clean up the leak" [syn: escape, leak, leakage,
outflow]
8: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a
steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure
reaches a dangerous level [syn: safety valve, {relief
valve}, escape valve, escape cock, escape]
v 1: run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped
from a high security prison" [syn: escape, get away,
break loose]
2: fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
[syn: miss, escape]
3: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a
forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't
get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: get off,
get away, get by, get out, escape]
4: be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you
are seeing in him eludes me" [syn: elude, escape]
5: remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for
pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a
few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get
away during the summer" [syn: escape, get away]
6: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man,
run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
[syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, {run
away}, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, {take to
the woods}, escape, fly the coop, break away]
7: issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the
bedroom" |
escape cock
(wn) | escape cock
n 1: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a
steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure
reaches a dangerous level [syn: safety valve, {relief
valve}, escape valve, escape cock, escape] |
escape expert
(wn) | escape expert
n 1: an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping [syn:
escapologist, escape expert] |
escape from
(wn) | escape from
v 1: get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following
me" [syn: shake, shake off, throw off, escape from] |
escape hatch
(wn) | escape hatch
n 1: hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency |
escape mechanism
(wn) | escape mechanism
n 1: a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities |
escape valve
(wn) | escape valve
n 1: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a
steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure
reaches a dangerous level [syn: safety valve, {relief
valve}, escape valve, escape cock, escape] |
escape velocity
(wn) | escape velocity
n 1: the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field |
escape wheel
(wn) | escape wheel
n 1: gear that engages a rocking lever |
escaped
(wn) | escaped
adj 1: having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict
still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners";
"dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in
the neighborhood" [syn: at large(p), escaped,
loose, on the loose(p)] |
escapee
(wn) | escapee
n 1: someone who escapes |
escapement
(wn) | escapement
n 1: mechanical device that regulates movement |
fire escape
(wn) | fire escape
n 1: a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that
permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency [syn:
fire escape, emergency exit] |
narrow escape
(wn) | narrow escape
n 1: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn:
close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, {narrow
escape}] |
escape
(foldoc) | ESCAPE
An early system on the IBM 650.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
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escape
ESC
(ESC) ASCII character 27.
When sent by the user, escape is often used to abort execution
or data entry. When sent by the computer it often starts an
escape sequence.
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escape sequence
(foldoc) | escape sequence
(Or "escape code") A series of characters starting
with the escape character (ASCII 27). Escape sequences are
often used to control display devices such as VDUs. An
escape sequence might change the colour of subsequent text,
reassign keys on the keyboard, change printer settings or
reposition the cursor. The escape sequences of the DEC
vt100 video terminal have become a de facto standard for
this purpose.
The term is also used for any sequence of characters that
temporarily suspends normal processing of a stream of
characters to perform some special function. For example, the
Hayes modem uses the sequence "+++" to escape to command
mode in which characters are interpreted as commands to the
modem itself rather than as data to pass through.
[Was the character named after this use or vice versa?]
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VOLUNTARY ESCAPE
(bouvier) | VOLUNTARY ESCAPE. The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not
authorized by law. 5 Mass. 310; 2 Chipm. 11; 3 Harr. & John. 559; 2 Harr. &
Gill. 106; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2332.
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