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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fess \Fess\, Fesse \Fesse\, n. [OF. fesse, faisse F. fasce, fr L. fascia band. See {Fascia}.] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it one of the nine honorable ordinaries. {Fess point} (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fesse n : a broad horizontal band across a shield [syn: {fess}]
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