Holly and mistletoe festooned the doorways, logs roared on brass andirons, and silver-Sconced candles glowed against an ivory softness of white wainscoting and the waxed darkness of mahogany.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
It was when he was thus Sconced that Johnson made that reply which Boswell preserves "as a specimen of the antithetical character of his wit"-"Sir, you have Sconced me twopence for non-attendance on a lecture not worth a penny."
"Oxford"
Lang, Andrew
If he tries to floor the sconce and fails, he has to order more beer for the table; but if he succeeds, the man who Sconced him has to pay the shot and order a second tun for the table.
"An American at Oxford"
John Corbin