sconce
-1 n. மெழுகுத்திரி, மெழுகுவர்த்தி விளக்கு.-2 n. சிற்றரண், கடவுத்துறை அரண், கணவாய்க்காவலரண், மறைதட்டி, காப்பிடம், (பே-வ) அடுப்படியடுத்த நிலை இருக்கைக் கல்.-3 n. ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் உணவுமேசைத் தவறுதலுக்கான குடிதேறல் பறிமுதல், (வினை.) ஆக்ஸ்போர்டில் மேசை ஒழுங்குமுறை தவறியதற்குக் தண்டனையாகக் குடிதேறல் பறிமுதல் செய், துணைவேந்தர் வகையில் பல்கலக்கழக அலுவலர் மீது ஒழுங்குமுறைத் தவறுதலுக்கான தண்டத்தொகை விதி-4 n. தலை, உச்சந்தலை.
Sconce, n. Etym: [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf. Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl. 3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. I must get a sconce for my head. Shak. 4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.] To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel. Shak. 5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson. 6. Etym: [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] Defn: A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden. 7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted. 8. (Arch.) Defn: A squinch. 9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane. 10. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] Defn: A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.] Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. Marston. 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton. Sconce, n. Etym: [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf. Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl. 3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. I must get a sconce for my head. Shak. 4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.] To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel. Shak. 5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson. 6. Etym: [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] Defn: A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden. 7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted. 8. (Arch.) Defn: A squinch. 9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane. 10. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] Defn: A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.] Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. Marston. 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton. Sconce, n. Etym: [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf. Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl. 3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. I must get a sconce for my head. Shak. 4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.] To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel. Shak. 5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson. 6. Etym: [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] Defn: A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden. 7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted. 8. (Arch.) Defn: A squinch. 9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane. 10. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] Defn: A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.] Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. Marston. 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton. Sconce, n. Etym: [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See Abscond, and cf. Ensconce, Sconce a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. One that . . . must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches. Beau. & Fl. 3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. I must get a sconce for my head. Shak. 4. Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. [Colloq.] To knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel. Shak. 5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson. 6. Etym: [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol. above.] Defn: A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-colored, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. Evelyn. Golden sconces hang not on the walls. Dryden. 7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted. 8. (Arch.) Defn: A squinch. 9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane. 10. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.] Defn: A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.] Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. Marston. 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton.