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FESSE

Volume 4 · 64 words · 1778 Edition

in heraldry, one of the nine honourable ordinaries. See Heraldry.

Fesse-Point, is the exact centre of the escutcheon. See Point.

Fesse-Ways, or in fesse, denotes anything borne after the manner of a fesse; that is, in a rank across the middle of the shield.

Party per Fesse, implies a parting across the middle of the shield, from side to side, through the fesse point.