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fess 1
also fesse (fĕs)n. Heraldry
A wide horizontal band forming the middle section of an escutcheon.
[Middle English fesse, from Old French, from Latin fascia, band.]
fess 2
(fĕs)intr.v. fessed, fess·ing, fess·es Informal
To admit to something; confess, often used with up: "won't fess up to being even vaguely liberal" (Jonathan Alter).
[Short for confess.]
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fesse
(fɛs) orfess
n
(Heraldry) heraldry an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across a shield, conventionally occupying a third of its length and being wider than a bar
[C15: from Anglo-French fesse, from Latin fascia band, fillet]
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| Noun | 1. |  fesse - (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shieldordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies |
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