(p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
(p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
(p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
(p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
(p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
(p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
(p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
(p. p.) A squinch.
(p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
(p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
(v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
(v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
Example Sentences:
(1) In scon-1 (previously designated sconC) and scon-2 mutants, there is constitutive expression of sulfur structural genes regardless of the sulfur level available to the cells.
(2) A negative regulatory mutant, sconc, displayed both constitutive expression of arylsulfatase enzyme activity and content of ars-1+ message.
(3) If on a sudden it descends On fairy sconce, its revel ends And then you know poor little fart Unto another private realm he will depart.
Sconced
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Sconce
Example Sentences:
(1) In scon-1 (previously designated sconC) and scon-2 mutants, there is constitutive expression of sulfur structural genes regardless of the sulfur level available to the cells.
(2) A negative regulatory mutant, sconc, displayed both constitutive expression of arylsulfatase enzyme activity and content of ars-1+ message.
(3) If on a sudden it descends On fairy sconce, its revel ends And then you know poor little fart Unto another private realm he will depart.