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• SCONCE (Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce)

SCONCE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce)  , a word of many meanings, mostly signifying a covering or See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, or, by See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension, that which is covered or protected . Its most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar significance is that of a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall See also:

• LIGHT

light, consisting of a See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal See also:

• BRACKET

bracket, with two or more socketed branches for candles . The word is .also used for the orifice of a See also:

• CANDLESTICK

candlestick into which the See also:

• CANDLE (Lat. candela, from candere, to glow)

candle is fixed, and for the rim of metal, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass or See also:

• CHINA

china, placed See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a candle to intercept grease droppings . Among its obsolete meanings is that of See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head or See also:

• SKULL

skull . At the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities " to See also:

• SCONCE (Lat. absconsus, Fr. esconce)

sconce " is still used as the See also:

• TERM

term for imposing a See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty at See also:

• DINNER

dinner in the shape of a quart-pot of See also:

• BEER

beer or See also:

• CIDER (q.v.)
• CIDER, or CYDER (from the Fr. cidre, derived from the Lat. sicera or cisera, Gr. mucepa, Heb. shade, strong drink)

cider .