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Definition of Insconce
1. v. t. See Ensconce.
Definition of Insconce
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of ensconce) ¹
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Definition of Insconce
1. ensconce [v INSCONCED, INSCONCING, INSCONCES] - See also: ensconce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insconce
Literary usage of Insconce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Lore's LL, v, L To insconce. To fortify, to inclose with security; the same as
to ensconce. From sconce, a fortification. See ENSCONCE. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"An you nse these blows long, I must têt a sconce for my nead, and insconce it
too, or else 1 shall seek my wit in my shoulders. ..."
3. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers, George Steevens, Henry Fuseli (1811)
"COMEDY OF ERRORS. i\ these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head, and
insconce it too ;8 or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders. But, I pray sir, ..."
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