† fersn.

Forms: Also Middle English fiers, 1500s ferse, phearse, 1600s feers.

Etymology: < Old French fierce, fierche, fierge (in medieval Latin fercia, farzia), < (ultimately) Persian ferzēn, Arabic firzān, also ferz. The Persian word means ‘wise man’, ‘counsellor’.

Chess. Obsolete.

1. The piece now known as the queen.

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c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 654 She stal on me and took my fers And whan I saw my fers aweye Alas! I couthe no lenger pleye.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. C.ii^v And when your ferse is had, And all your warre is done.

a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 45 Prepare hymselfe to saue his pawne, or else to leese his phearse.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Fers, the Queene in chesse play.

2. A pawn which has passed to the eighth square (see quot. 1474).

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1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. vii. 181 He may not goo on neyther side tyll he hath ben in the furdest ligne of theschequer, And that he hath taken the nature of the draughtes of the quene, And than he is a fiers.

3. the ferses twelve: according to Prof. Skeat, all the men exc. the king (the bishops, knights, and rooks, being counted as one each).

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c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 723 Thogh ye had lost the ferses twelve.

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Fers, Feers, Feerses, men at Chess.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Fers, Feers, Feerses, Chessmen.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

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释义	† fersn. Forms: Also Middle English fiers, 1500s ferse, phearse, 1600s feers. Etymology: < Old French fierce, fierche, fierge (in medieval Latin fercia, farzia), < (ultimately) Persian ferzēn, Arabic firzān, also ferz. The Persian word means ‘wise man’, ‘counsellor’. Chess. Obsolete. 1. The piece now known as the queen. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > queen fersc1369 ladyc1450 queenc1450 dame1574 Amazon1656 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 654 She stal on me and took my fers And whan I saw my fers aweye Alas! I couthe no lenger pleye. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. C.ii^v And when your ferse is had, And all your warre is done. a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 45 Prepare hymselfe to saue his pawne, or else to leese his phearse. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Fers, the Queene in chesse play. 2. A pawn which has passed to the eighth square (see quot. 1474). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > positions or status of pawns pawn errantc1369 fers1474 passed pawn1777 queen1797 promotion1799 isolated pawn1842 pawn skeleton1915 hanging pawn1927 pawn chain1937 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. vii. 181 He may not goo on neyther side tyll he hath ben in the furdest ligne of theschequer, And that he hath taken the nature of the draughtes of the quene, And than he is a fiers. 3. the ferses twelve: according to Prof. Skeat, all the men exc. the king (the bishops, knights, and rooks, being counted as one each). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > pieces > all pieces except king the ferses twelvec1369 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 723 Thogh ye had lost the ferses twelve. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Fers, Feers, Feerses, men at Chess. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Fers, Feers, Feerses, Chessmen.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1369
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