sconcing

Verb (1)

sconce (third-person singular simple present sconces, present participle sconcing, simple past and past participle sconced)

1. (obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
   • The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months.1898, Rev. A. Clark, University of Oxford, College Histories: Lincoln, page 73
2. (Oxford University slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink (similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University).
   • Near-synonym: (Cambridge University slang) fine

   Synonyms:

   fine

Verb (2)

sconce (third-person singular simple present sconces, present participle sconcing, simple past and past participle sconced)

1. (obsolete) To shut within a sconce; to imprison.

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