Sconce
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Sconce (Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce), a word of many meanings, mostly signifying a covering or protection, or, by extension, that which is covered or protected. Its most familiar significance is that of a wall light. Among its obsolete formal meanings is that of head or skull, though it is still sometimes used this way as slang in some dialects. At the English universities "to sconce" is still used as the term for imposing a penalty at dinner in the shape of a quart-pot of beer or cider. Also nickname for body part in nether regions, the perineum.[1]
See the articles:
- Sconce (fortification)
- Sconce (light fixture)
- Sconcing — imposing a penalty in the form of drink.
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- ^ This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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