All stood motionless; but when the yell was again repeated, Colonel Ashton snatched a torch from the sconce, and demanding the key of the bridal-chamber from Henry, to whom, as bride's-man, it had been entrusted.
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Sconce
//skɒns//
Synonyms for "sconce" (114 found)
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27 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- аплик noun (light fixture on a wall)
Catalan
1 entries- aplic noun (light fixture on a wall)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 灯台 noun (light fixture on a wall)
- 烛台 noun (light fixture on a wall)
Czech
1 entries- nástěnný svícen noun (light fixture on a wall)
Dutch
2 entries- kandelaar noun (light fixture on a wall)
- schemerlamp noun (light fixture on a wall)
Finnish
1 entries- lampetti noun (light fixture on a wall)
French
2 entries- applique noun (light fixture on a wall)
- applique murale noun (light fixture on a wall)
German
3 entries- Wandlampe noun (light fixture on a wall)
- Wandleuchte noun (light fixture on a wall)
- Wandleuchter noun (light fixture on a wall)
Greek
1 entries- απλίκα noun (light fixture on a wall)
Hungarian
1 entries- fali lámpa noun (light fixture on a wall)
Irish
1 entries- sconsa noun (light fixture on a wall)
Italian
2 entries- candelabro noun (light fixture on a wall)
- candeliere da parete noun (light fixture on a wall)
Polish
1 entries- kinkiet noun (light fixture on a wall)
Portuguese
1 entries- arandela noun (light fixture on a wall)
Russian
1 entries- бра noun (light fixture on a wall)
Spanish
1 entries- aplique noun (light fixture on a wall)
Swedish
2 entries- applick noun (light fixture on a wall)
- lampett noun (light fixture on a wall)
Turkish
1 entries- aplik noun (light fixture on a wall)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бра noun (light fixture on a wall)
Welsh
1 entries- goleuddal noun (light fixture on a wall)
Sample sentences
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[…]tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them.
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Golden sconces hang not on the walls.
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Taking the candle […] she stood with the little flat brass sconce in her hand.
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