Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCONCE
SCONCE, n.2 [D. skiönner, to judge, to discern; skiönsom, judicious.]
- Sense; judgment; discretion or understanding. This sense has been in vulgar use in New England within my memory.
- The head; a low word. – Shak.
- A mulet or fine. [Qu. poll-tax.]
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