See Also: sconce(1)(dictionary)
sconce(2)(dictionary)
sconce(3)(dictionary)
sconce(4)(dictionary)
sconce(dictionary)
sconce(dictionary)

monohydric (iou) and sconce(2) (iou)


monohydric (iou)



monohydric adjective. M19.
[from MONO- + HYDRIC adjective1.]
Chemistry. Containing a single hydroxyl group or (formerly) a single hydrogen atom in the molecule.

sconce(2) (iou)



sconce noun2. LME.
[Dutch schans, schantze brushwood, screen of brushwood for defence, earthwork of gabions, from Middle & mod. High German schanze, of unkn. origin. In sense 1 perh. from SCONCE noun1.]
A screen, an interior partition. Now dial. LME.
A small fort or earthwork, esp. one defending a ford, pass, etc. L16.
build a sconce slang run up a score at an inn etc.
fig.: T. Fuller One of the best bulwarks and sconces of Soveraignty.
A screen or shelter affording protection from the weather, offering concealment, etc. obsolete exc. Scot. L16.
A. Gordon The fervent Heat of the Sun made some kind of Sconce..necessary.
A fixed seat at the side of a fireplace. Scot. & dial. L18.
In full sconce-piece. An ice floe, a water-washed iceberg. M19.