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

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

Disconcert :: Disconcert (n.) Want of concert; disagreement.

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

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..

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..

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

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..

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

Skonce :: Skonce (n.) See Sconce.

Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

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

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..

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 piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

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

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..

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

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

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