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Secreting securely
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ensconcing
Word definitions for ensconcing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of ensconce English)
Usage examples of ensconcing.
Quilp departed according to order, and her amiable husband, ensconcing himself behind the partly opened door, and applying his ear close to it, began to listen with a face of great craftiness and attention.
They were furnished with slippers and such dry garments as the house or their own bundles afforded, and ensconcing themselves, as Mr.
Ben Zoof had not yet received his orders to retire, and ensconcing himself in a corner of the gourbi, he endeavored to doze—a task which the unusual agitation of his master rendered somewhat difficult.