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Sconce
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.]
sconce
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.

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- up sconce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sconce may refer to: Sconce (fortification), a military fortification Sconce (light fixture) Sconcing, imposing...
- to the ceiling, and the distance between sconces on the wall is generally equal to the distance of the sconces from the floor, often alternating sides...
- the Netherlands, derived its name from its original function as a sconce. Sconces pla**** a major part in the Serbian Revolution, countering the numerical...
- no requirement for sconces to proceed around the table. Fraternities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium practice sconcing (called "Stärkung"...
- Sconce is a professor and cultural historian of media and film. He is a professor in the Screen Cultures program at Northwestern University. Sconce has...
- highlight art or other artifacts. Common types of accent lights include wall sconces, floodlights, recessed lights, torchère lamps, or track lighting. The brighter...
- Sconce and Devon Park is a park in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. It is the location of Queen's sconce, an earthwork fortification that was built in...
- become part of Fort Victoria Country Park. Fort Victoria is situated on Sconce Point west of Yarmouth. Its position overlooks the whole of the Needles...
- island, Peenemünde Sconce; a small rearguard which was left behind to cover the retreat was cut down. Charles XII quit the sconce the next day, instructing...
- Serbian insurgents under Karađorđe took strong position, entrenched in sconces on the field of Mišar Hill, near Šabac west of Belgrade. For two consecutive...