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Definition of Sconcing
1. sconce [v] - See also: sconce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sconcing
Literary usage of Sconcing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"sconcing, sb. A punishment or chastisement by such modes as boxing the ears,
pinching or pulling the ... Give him a good sconcing.' Wb. Gl. Scourging-top, ..."
2. The English Historical Review by JSTOR (Organization), Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press), Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1909)
"The practice of sconcing was universal in the guilds ; if a magistrate was absent
from council he was ..."
3. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1903)
"... who did not shrink from sconcing the powerful landed phalanx like other people;
and who at the same time boldly used and manfully defended the most ..."
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