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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-col
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.



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