Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ensconce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ensconce
v : fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: {settle}]
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