Definition of sconce

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

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Bash :: Bash (v. t. & i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
Browbeating :: Browbeating (n.) The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator..
Impertrubable :: Impertrubable (a.) Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity..
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
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..
Ensconced :: Ensconced (imp. & p. p.) of Ensconc.
Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
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..
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..
Mistakable :: Mistakable (a.) Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..
Insconce :: Insconce (v. t.) See Ensconce.
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
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..
Disconcerting :: Disconcerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcer.
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