Definition of sconce

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

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Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it..
Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.
Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..
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..
Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
Skonce :: Skonce (n.) See Sconce.
Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort..
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