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sconce (s.xiii)
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sconce (s.xiii)

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sconse,  skonche  
  FEW:  abscondere *24,50b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  sconce  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sconce n.1  MED:  scons(e n.  DMLBS:  sconsa 2975a

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sconce, screened candle holder or lantern: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Sint etiam cultelli, salarium, salinum sculptum, theca caseorum, candalabrum, absconsa (gloss: sconse), laterna, calathi  TLL ii 118.62
( 1415 )  ewers, sensures, sconces et autres joialx  Reg Chich ii 65
( 1415-17 )  pur .ij. okenbordes as .ij. pentises en l’ostell ové les petitz stulpes - .vj. d. pur skonches a icell’ - .j. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 4 Henry V

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esconce 
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