Definitions
1.nounA fixture for a light.
2.nounA head or a skull.
3.nounA poll tax; a mulct or fine.
4.nounA piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
5.verbTo impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
6.nounA type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
7.nounA hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
8.nounThe circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
9.nounA squinch.
10.nounA fragment of a floe of ice.
11.nounA fixed seat or shelf.
12.verbTo shut within a sconce; to imprison.