SCONCE
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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, 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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