Vocabulary : Escalading to Escape

Escalading : of Escalade
Escalator : A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
Escallop : See Escalop.
Escalloped : See Escaloped.
Escalop : A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop. ;; A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. ;; The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. ;; A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.

Escaloped : Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped. ;; Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.
Escambio : A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.
Escapable : Avoidable.
Escapade : The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol. ;; Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
Escape : To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. ;; To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention. ;; To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of. ;; To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. ;; A sally. ;; The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. ;; An apophyge. ;; Leakage or outflow, as of s

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