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Audio Help [fes] Pronunciation Key –noun Heraldry.
| an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon. |
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Audio Help [fes] Pronunciation Key —Verb phraseInformal.
| fess up, to admit or concede, esp. freely. |
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(click for larger image in new window) n. Heraldry A wide horizontal band forming the middle section of an escutcheon. [Middle English fesse, from Old French, from Latin fascia, band.] |
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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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| (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: fesse] |
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Fas"ci*a\, n.; pl. Fasci[ae]. [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller. 2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column. 3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A broad well-defined band of color.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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