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Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.

Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.

Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..

Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness..

Browbeat :: Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses..

Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..

Mistakable :: Mistakable (a.) Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.

Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.

Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.

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