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a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

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a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce

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a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

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She carried a bare candle in her hand, which she had probably taken from one of the sconces in her own room, and was a most unearthly object by its light.
A large book lay open upon his night-desk, a wax-light was still burning in its silver sconce. This was more than enough to prove to D'Artagnan the quiescence of the prelate's night, and the good intentions of his waking.
With these triumphant expressions, he seized a hammer and dealt a heavy blow at a vice, which in his mind's eye represented the sconce or head of Joseph Willet.
Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the stranger (ten times strengthened at every step), and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree, which Hercules caught upon his club; and being more skilful than Antaeus, he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce, that down tumbled the great lumbering man-mountain, flat upon the ground.
Many buildings in the city don't allow channeling into the ceiling to add lighting, so as a workaround, he often uses sconces.
ENTRY Merrill sourced sconces in unlacquered copper to play off the wood paneling she added to the entry.
New York: I decided this year to replace my bathroom vanity lights, a pair of decades-old fluorescent sconces that gave off a shrill hum almost as irritating as their bluish hue.
Caption: 6 Tech Lighting's ModernRail line includes chandeliers, pendants and wall sconces, including this one with frosted opal glass globes.
Designer touches include a nine-arm gold accented Murano glass chandelier in the dining room and gold leaf sconces and a custom-made sectional sofa in the livingroom.
The exhibition was set up by students of MA (Fine Arts), Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition and Home Sconces, UAF.
With the addition of turn-of-the-century inspired pendant lights and nostalgic wall sconces, customers can now find everything they need to update their home or commercial space with vintage lighting at 1000Bulbs.com.
In this article, we'll show you how to remove a medicine cabinet and overhead lights and replace them with a big mirror and wall lights (sconces) on each side.
In addition to a fresh coat of paint, Rea Lighting Representatives retrofitted 200 wall sconces with LED sources.