Definition of sconce

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Sconce (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

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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..
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game..
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Disconcert :: Disconcert (n.) Want of concert; disagreement.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort..
Confuse :: Confuse (v. t.) To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.
Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.
Sconced :: Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconc.
Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
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..
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.
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..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
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