1) Bracket candlestick 2) Candle bracket 3) Candle holder 4) Candleholder on a wall 5) Candlestick 6) Candlestick holder on a wall 7) Candlestick park 8) Decorative fixture 9) Decorative wall light fixture 10) French word used in English 11) It may carry a torch 12) Its contents are often wicked 13) Keeper of the flame
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1) Redoubt
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- a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
- a forbidding stronghold
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[fortification] 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. This type of fortification was common during the English Civil War, and the remains of one such structure can...
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[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, but not always. It does not have a base on the ground. The word applies both to traditional forms of torch lighting, but also to modern gas and electric light sources affixed ...
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small protective fortification or earthwork
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• (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 protection and shelter; a stall. • (p. p.) A for...
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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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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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a wall-mounted light fixture
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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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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 , and confer
Ensconce ,
Sconce...
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Sconce transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sconced ;
present participle & verbal noun Sconcing .]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [ Obsolete] « Immure him,
sconce him, barricade him in ...
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candlestick for wall mounting with reflecting back plate for magnifying light. 17th-18th century.
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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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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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n] - a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
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slang for the head, the skull and also, brains, sense and discretion.
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noun a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
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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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