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sconce

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Noun — A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

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From Middle English sconce, sconse (“candlestick or lantern (with screen)”), from Old French esconse (“lantern”), from Latin absconsus (“hidden”), perfect passive participle of abscondō (“hide”). Cognate with abscond.

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