Definition of sconce

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

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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..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..
Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Impertrubable :: Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity..
Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.
Misconceived :: Misconceived (imp. & p. p.) of Misconceiv.
Disconcert :: Disconcert (n.) Want of concert; disagreement.
Misconceive :: Misconceive (v. t. & i.) To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.
Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..
Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it..
Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.
Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk/ to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
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..
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