insconce

Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down Balmawhapple.

Waverley 2004

[How the wilde men assailed them, and forced them to insconce themselues.]

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

S. Sconce, call you it? so you would leave battering, I had rather have it a head: an you use these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head and insconce it too; or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders.

Act II. Scene II. The Comedy of Errors 1914

Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down

Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down

Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

Some thought he was about to insconce himself under the table; he himself alleged that he stumbled in the act of lifting a joint-stool, to prevent mischief, by knocking down Balmawhapple.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801

This our main battalia, that the van, this the vaw, these the wings, here we fight, there they fly, here they insconce, and here our sconces lay seventeen moons on the cold earth.

The Noble Spanish Soldier Thomas Dekker 1602

I had rather have it a head: an you use these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head, and insconce it too; or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders.

The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590

[Sidenote: How the wilde men assailed them, and forced them to insconce themselues.]

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584