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Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted..

Insconce :: Insconce (v. t.) See Ensconce.

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..

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

Impertrubable :: Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity..

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

Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..

Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.

Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.

Abash :: Abash (v. t.) To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..

Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.

Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Disconcertion :: Disconcertion (n.) The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation..

Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..

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..

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

Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.

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..

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