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Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.

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

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

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..

Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..

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

Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..

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

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

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort..

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

Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

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..

Disconcertion :: Disconcertion (n.) The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation..

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..

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.

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..

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