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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sconce \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sconce \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Squinch \Squinch\ (skw[i^]nch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.]
     (Arch.)
     A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to
     support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or
     drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and
     sconcheon.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sconcing.]
     1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
  
              Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
                                                    --Marston.
  
     2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sconce \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.
  
              No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known
              either to have been forced, or yielded up, or
              quitted.                              --Milton.
  
     2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
  
              One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway
              and sell switches.                    --Beau. & Fl.
  
     3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
  
              I must get a sconce for my head.      --Shak.
  
     4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense;
        discretion. [Colloq.]
  
              To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. --Johnson.
  
     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.
  
              Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of
              several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might
              not annoy them.                       --Evelyn.
  
              Golden sconces hang not on the walls. --Dryden.
  
     7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick,
        into which the candle is inserted.
  
     8. (Arch.) A squinch.
  
     9. A fragment of a floe of ice. --Kane.
  
     10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov.
         Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squinch \Squinch\, n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.)
     A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to
     support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or
     drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and
     sconcheon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  sconce
       n 1: a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall
       2: a forbidding stronghold [syn: redoubt]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     Αγγλικά n.
     απλίκα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     n.
     1 A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against
  wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
     2 # A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube,
  with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for
  carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
     n.
     A head#Noun or a skull.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
     alt.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     n.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     n.
     1 A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against
  wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
     2 # A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube,
  with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for
  carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
     n.
     A head#Noun or a skull.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
     alt.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     n.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     n.
     1 A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against
  wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
     2 # A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube,
  with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for
  carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
     n.
     A head#Noun or a skull.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
     alt.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     n.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     n.
     1 A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against
  wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
     2 # A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube,
  with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for
  carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
     n.
     A head#Noun or a skull.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
     alt.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     n.
     1 A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to
  defend a pass or ford.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
     3 (lb en architecture) A squinch.
     4 A fragment of a floe of ice.
     5 A fixed seat or shelf.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sconce
     Englanti n.
     lampetti

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sconce /skˈɒns/
  الشمعدان

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sconce //skɑns// //skɒns// 
  аплик
  light fixture on a wall