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sconce in English
- sconce⇄noun the fine imposed.
- sconce⇄noun 1. a small detached fort or earthwork.
2. a shelter; screen; protection. - sconce⇄sconce (1), noun.
a bracket projecting from a wall, used to hold a candle or other light, often with a reflector. - sconce⇄sconce (2), noun.
(Informal.)
1. the head, especially, the top of the head.
Ex. Peter Stuyvesant dealt him a thwack over the sconce with his wooden leg (Washington Irving).
(SYN) skull.
2. sense; wit.
(SYN) brains. - sconce⇄sconce (3), noun, verb, sconced,sconcing.
- sconce⇄sconce (4), verb, sconced,sconcing,noun.
- sconce⇄v.t. to fortify; shelter; ensconce.
- sconce⇄v.t. to mulct; fine for some breach of conventional usage.