Look up: SCONCE

1. sconce
   [n] - a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
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2. Sconce
   Sconce noun [ Dutch schans , OD. schantse , perhaps from Old French esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, Latin absconsus , past participle of abscondere . See Abscond<...
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3. Sconce
   Sconce transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sconced ; present participle & verbal noun Sconcing .] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [ Obsolete] «...
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4. sconce
   noun a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
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5. Sconce
   • (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. • (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf. • (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine. • (v. t.) To mulct; to fine. • (p. p.) A squinch. • (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. • (p. p.) A hut for pro...
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6. sconce
   wooden or metal bracket affixed to a wall and designed to hold candles, lamps, or other types of illumination. One of the earliest forms of lighting ...
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7. Sconce
   A light fixture fixed on a wall. Commonly sconces are tall and narrow and are often made to hold a candle.
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8. sconce
   a wall-mounted light fixture
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9. Sconce
   The socket for a candle at the top of a candlestick, often with a detatchable nozzle inside it. Also a branched candlestick with an oval or elongated, polished or mirrored, back-plate fixed to a wall.
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10. SCONCE
    A hanging or wall-mounted candle holder usually with a mirror to reflect the light. Missions made their own candles from cattle tallow.
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11. sconce
    
    • a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
    • a forbidding stronghold
    
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12. Sconce
    Sconce was Oxford university slang for a fine imposed for a breach of university discipline. It is now a challenge to an undergraduate to drink a tankard of beer in one draught as a penalty for a minor misdemeanour such as a breach of etiquette.
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13. Sconce
    Sconce was Oxford university slang for a fine imposed for a breach of university discipline. It is now a challenge to an undergraduate to drink a tankard of beer in one draught as a penalty for a minor misdemeanour such as a breach of etiquette.
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14. Sconce
    A sconce is a portective covering for a light, particularly a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick or a circular tube with a brim in a candlestick into which the candle is inserted.
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15. Sconce
    (light fixture) A `sconce` is a type of light fixture affixed to a wall in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the light is usually directed upwards. It does not have a base on the ground. The word applies both to traditional forms of torch lighting, but also to modern gas ...
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16. Sconce
    (fortification) , Rostock in 1661. (Detail from a map from 1670-1680.) A `Sconce` is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. Thi...
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