Crossword clues for sconced
sconced
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sconced; p. pr. & vb. n. Sconcing.]
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To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
--Marston. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: sconce)
Usage examples of "sconced".
The wool ripped and the flame of the sconced torch in the wall splashed down on flayed silvery-white flesh.
Rich was waiting for her in the conference room, a sconced, heavily curtained rectangle softened by floor toceiling bookcases and the Old World cornices and moldings she had had put up.
Inside, the public rooms were sumptuously decorated in the florid style of old Venice with arching, beamed ceilings, sconced walls covered with opulent moire silks, and lush color everywhere - the wholly Venetian shades of blue, green, yellow and burnt orange.
The flare of its sconced torches shone on the bare surface of a huge table, flanked by high-backed chairs.