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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Insconce :: Insconce (v. t.) See Ensconce.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
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..
Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
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..
Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.
Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.
Skonce :: Skonce (n.) See Sconce.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Mistakable :: Mistakable (a.) Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
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..
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..
Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..
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