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FESSE

Volume 7 · 65 words · 1797 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 any thing 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.