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sconce
1[ skons ]
noun
- a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
- the hole or socket of a candlestick, for holding the candle.
sconce
2[ skons ]
noun
- Fortification. a small detached fort or defense work, as to defend a pass, bridge, etc.
- a protective screen or shelter.
verb (used with object)
- Fortification. to protect with a sconce.
- Obsolete. to protect; shelter.
sconce
3[ skons ]
verb (used with object)
- (at English universities, especially formerly) to fine (an undergraduate) for a breach of rules or etiquette.
noun
- a fine so imposed.
sconce
4[ skons ]
noun
- the head or skull.
- sense or wit.
sconce
1/ skɒns /
noun
- a bracket fixed to a wall for holding candles or lights
- a flat candlestick with a handle
sconce
2/ skɒns /
verb
- to challenge (a fellow student) on the grounds of a social misdemeanour to drink a large quantity of beer without stopping
- obsolete.to fine (a student) for some minor misdemeanour
noun
- the act of sconcing
- a mug or tankard used in sconcing
sconce
3/ skɒns /
noun
- the head or skull
- sense, brain, or wit
sconce
4/ skɒns /
noun
- a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork
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Example Sentences
The person who cares for things unusual will find the candle sconce made of a cowhorn a suitable fixture for the den.
He placed the candle in a sconce on the wall, and then turned to the three.
A silver griffin of a sconce near by held a light in its claws, which fell full upon Cimburga and the miller's son.
Here and there a torch glimmered in a sconce against the wall, or a surgeon with a candle in his hand paused at a bedside.
He shut the window, drew curtains over it, switched off the lighted sconce, and went up-stairs.
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