Definition of sconce

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

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Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Mistakable :: Mistakable (a.) Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.
Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.
Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..
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..
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it..
Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.
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..
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..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..
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