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
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.
SCONCHEON
Scon"cheon, n. (Arch.)