Definitions from Wiktionary (sconce)

▸ noun:  A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
▸ 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:  (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
▸ verb:  (Oxford University slang) 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; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.
▸ noun:  A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
▸ noun:  (architecture) A squinch.
▸ noun:  A fragment of a floe of ice.
▸ noun:  A fixed seat or shelf.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.
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