Sconce
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
(2): ( v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
(3): ( p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
(4): ( p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
(5): ( p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
(6): ( p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
(7): ( p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
(8): ( p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
(9): ( p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
(10): ( p. p.) A squinch.
(11): ( p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
(12): ( v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a movable candlestick of brass, latten, or other metal, sometimes affixed to a wall, placed against a pillar, or let into the rail-moulding of a pew. Sconces were likewise arranged along the top both of the roodscreen and of the side-screens of choirs and lateral chapels, in which, on great festivals, such as Christmas and Candlemas, lighted tapers were placed. — Lee, Gloss. of Liturg. and Eccles. Terms.
