Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sconcing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sconced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sconcing}.]
1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.]
Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't.
--Marston.
2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton.
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