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

Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

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

Misconceiver :: Misconceiver (n.) One who misconceives.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion..

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

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

Disconcerted :: Disconcerted (imp. & p. p.) of Disconcer.

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..

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

Misconceiving :: Misconceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misconceiv.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.

Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

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