noun A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb. 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.
noun 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.
noun A head or a skull.
noun A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
noun An act of sconcing .
verb To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
verb During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink .
I sconce anyone who has ever…
noun A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.