Definition of sconce

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Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

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Misconception :: Misconception (n.) Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.
Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.
Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Insconce :: Insconce (v. t.) See Ensconce.
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..
Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.
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..
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..
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.
Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..
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