sconce
- Noun. A light fixture.
- Noun. A head or a skull.
- Noun. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
- Verb. (obsolete) to impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
- Verb. (obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.
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