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sconce
(encz) | sconce,bašta n: Zdeněk Brož |
sconce
(encz) | sconce,nástěnný svícen Zdeněk Brož |
sconce
(encz) | sconce,pevnůstka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sconce
(encz) | sconce,svícen n: Zdeněk Brož |
sconce
(encz) | sconce,val n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sconce
(gcide) | Sconce \Sconce\, n. [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF.
esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L.
absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf.
Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.]
1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
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No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known
either to have been forced, or yielded up, or
quitted. --Milton.
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2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
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One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway
and sell switches. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
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I must get a sconce for my head. --Shak.
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4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense;
discretion. [Colloq.]
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To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel.
--Shak.
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5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. --Johnson.
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6. [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See
Etymol. above.] A protection for a light; a lantern or
cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or
projecting candlestick.
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Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of
several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might
not annoy them. --Evelyn.
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Golden sconces hang not on the walls. --Dryden.
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7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick,
into which the candle is inserted.
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8. (Arch.) A squinch.
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9. A fragment of a floe of ice. --Kane.
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10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov.
Eng.]
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Sconce
(gcide) | Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sconcing.]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
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Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
--Marston.
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2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton.
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sconce
(gcide) | Squinch \Squinch\ (skw[i^]nch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.]
(Arch.)
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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sconce
(wn) | sconce
n 1: a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or
from the weather
2: a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle
gate
3: a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
4: a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other
sources of light |
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disconcert
(encz) | disconcert,rozrušit v: Zdeněk Broždisconcert,uvést do rozpaků Zdeněk Broždisconcert,zneklidnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
disconcerted
(encz) | disconcerted,znepokojený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disconcerting
(encz) | disconcerting,zneklidňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disconcertingly
(encz) | disconcertingly,rušivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disconcertion
(encz) | disconcertion,rozpaky Zdeněk Broždisconcertion,zneklidnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
disconcertment
(encz) | disconcertment,nepokoj Zdeněk Broždisconcertment,rozpaky Zdeněk Broždisconcertment,zneklidnění n: Zdeněk Broždisconcertment,znepokojení n: Zdeněk Brož |
ensconce
(encz) | ensconce,usadit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
ensconced
(encz) | ensconced, |
misconceive
(encz) | misconceive,mít špatnou představu Zdeněk Brož |
misconceived
(encz) | misconceived,špatně pochopený Zdeněk Brož |
misconception
(encz) | misconception,chybné pojetí n: Zdeněk Brož |
misconceptions
(encz) | misconceptions,chybná pojetí Zdeněk Brož |
Disconcert
(gcide) | Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
plans of his enemy.
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2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
to discompose; to abash.
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The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
--Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
defeat; frustrate.
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Want of concert; disagreement. --Sir W. Temple.
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Disconcerted
(gcide) | Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
plans of his enemy.
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2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
to discompose; to abash.
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The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
--Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
defeat; frustrate.
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Disconcerting
(gcide) | Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
plans of his enemy.
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2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
to discompose; to abash.
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The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
--Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
defeat; frustrate.
[1913 Webster]disconcerting \disconcerting\ adj.
hard to deal with; causing uncertainty or confusion about how
to act or react.
Syn: awkward, embarrassing, off-putting, sticky, tight,
unenviable.
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disconcerting
(gcide) | Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
plans of his enemy.
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2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
to discompose; to abash.
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The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
--Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
defeat; frustrate.
[1913 Webster]disconcerting \disconcerting\ adj.
hard to deal with; causing uncertainty or confusion about how
to act or react.
Syn: awkward, embarrassing, off-putting, sticky, tight,
unenviable.
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Disconcertion
(gcide) | Disconcertion \Dis`con*cer"tion\, n.
The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted;
discomposure; perturbation. [R.] --State Trials (1794).
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Ensconce
(gcide) | Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. &
p. p. Ensconcing.]
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or
hide securely; to conceal.
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She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the
arras. --Shak.
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Ensconced
(gcide) | Ensconce \En*sconce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. &
p. p. Ensconcing.]
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or
hide securely; to conceal.
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She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the
arras. --Shak.
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Insconce
(gcide) | Insconce \In*sconce"\, v. t.
See Ensconce.
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Misconceit
(gcide) | Misconceit \Mis`con*ceit"\, n.
Misconception. [Obs.]
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Misconceive
(gcide) | Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.]
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a
false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to
misapprehend.
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Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
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Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
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Misconceived
(gcide) | Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.]
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a
false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to
misapprehend.
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Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
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Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
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Misconceiver
(gcide) | Misconceiver \Mis`con*ceiv"er\, n.
One who misconceives.
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Misconceiving
(gcide) | Misconceive \Mis`con*ceive"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Misconceived; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconceiving.]
To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly; to receive a
false notion of; to misunderstand; to misjudge; to
misapprehend.
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Those things which, for want of due consideration
heretofore, they have misconceived. --Hooker.
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Syn: To misapprehend; misunderstand; mistake.
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Misconception
(gcide) | Misconception \Mis`con*cep"tion\, n.
Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.
--Harvey.
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Sconce
(gcide) | Sconce \Sconce\, n. [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF.
esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L.
absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf.
Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.]
1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
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No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known
either to have been forced, or yielded up, or
quitted. --Milton.
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2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
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One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway
and sell switches. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
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I must get a sconce for my head. --Shak.
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4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense;
discretion. [Colloq.]
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To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel.
--Shak.
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5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. --Johnson.
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6. [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See
Etymol. above.] A protection for a light; a lantern or
cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or
projecting candlestick.
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Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of
several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might
not annoy them. --Evelyn.
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Golden sconces hang not on the walls. --Dryden.
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7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick,
into which the candle is inserted.
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8. (Arch.) A squinch.
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9. A fragment of a floe of ice. --Kane.
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10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov.
Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sconcing.]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
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Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
--Marston.
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2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Squinch \Squinch\ (skw[i^]nch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.]
(Arch.)
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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Sconced
(gcide) | Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sconcing.]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
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Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
--Marston.
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2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton.
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disconcert
(wn) | disconcert
v 1: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the
young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry,
disconcert, put off]
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
untune, disconcert, discomfit] |
disconcerted
(wn) | disconcerted
adj 1: having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the
hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything
that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite
disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw [syn: discombobulated,
disconcerted] |
disconcerting
(wn) | disconcerting
adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting
habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers
charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn:
disconcerting, upsetting] |
disconcertingly
(wn) | disconcertingly
adv 1: in a disturbing or embarrassing manner; "he drank some
sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her" |
disconcertion
(wn) | disconcertion
n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure,
disconcertion, disconcertment] |
disconcertment
(wn) | disconcertment
n 1: anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure,
disconcertion, disconcertment] |
ensconce
(wn) | ensconce
v 1: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn:
ensconce, settle] |
misconceive
(wn) | misconceive
v 1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn:
misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive,
misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss] |
misconception
(wn) | misconception
n 1: an incorrect conception [ant: concept, conception,
construct] |
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