Meaning of SCONCE in English

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Meaning of SCONCE in English

• A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
• A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
• A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
• Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
• A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
• A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
• Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
• A squinch.
• A fragment of a floe of ice.
• A fixed seat or shelf.
• To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
• To mulct; to fine.

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