sconced

• If "the pearl" broke and began to slide, the drinker was "sconced." —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
• In the pamphlet it is "sconced"; that very common old word for fined or mulcted Lord Lyndhurst,[447] who has [1863] just passed away under a load of years and honors, was Mr. Frend's private pupil at Cambridge. —  A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)
• Artificial waters, silver-sconced tapers, bowers of fragrant shrubs united to create the richest of settings for this outdoor theater It was the King's wish that the grounds of the little "porcelain house" at Trianon be chosen as the scene of the second fκte, which took place a week later. —  The Story of Versailles
• Ax Pat Condon else, yer honer; and yet when they comed to give out the wages, they sconced me of --. " —  Castle Richmond
• In the pamphlet it is "sconced"; that very common old word for fined or mulcted. —  A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)

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