A fixture for a light.

A head or a skull.

A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.

A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

The circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.

A squinch.

A fragment of a floe of ice.

A fixed seat or shelf.

To shut within a sconce; to imprison.