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scunch
scunch Arch. Obs. exc. dial. (skʌnʃ) Also 7 scunche, 9 sconce. [Shortened from scuncheon. Cf. squinch.] = scuncheon.1611 Cotgr., Escoinson, a Scunche; the backe part of the iaumbe of a window. 1899 Dickinson & Prevost Cumbld. Gloss., Scunch, Sconce, Scunchen, the stone or brick reveal of a door or w... Oxford English Dictionary
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Squinch
the Oxford English Dictionary suggests, from the French word escoinson, meaning "from an angle", which became the English word "scuncheon" and then "scunch wikipedia.org
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squinch
▪ I. squinch, n.1 Arch. (skwɪnʃ) [var. scunch n.] † 1. A stone cut to serve as a scuncheon. Obs.c 1500–18 Acc. Building Louth Spire in Archaeol. (1792) X. 80 Also paid to Nicholas Brancell for 100 foot achlere, and squinches of 18 inches high and 15 at the least. 2. A straight or arched support cons... Oxford English Dictionary
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sconce
▪ I. sconce, n.1 (skɒns) Forms: 4–6 skonse, 5–6 skonce, scons(e, (5 sconsce, 7 skons, 8 dial. scoance), 5– sconce. [Aphetic a. OF. esconse lantern (also hiding-place), ad. monastic L. sconsa, shortened f. absconsa, fem. of L. absconsus, pa. pple. of abscondĕre to hide. Cf. OIcel. skons, ? lantern, c... Oxford English Dictionary
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