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also fesse F0089400 (fĕs)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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F0089400 (fĕs)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.]

fess

(fɛs) vbinformal chiefly (foll by: up) US to make a confession[C19: shortened from confess]

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(fɛs)

n. a wide horizontal band across the center of a heraldic field. [1350–1400; Middle English fesse < Anglo-French « Latin fascia fascia]

fess²

(fɛs)

v.t., v.i. Informal. fess up, to confess or concede. [1830–40; aph. variant of confess]

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fess - (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shieldfesseordinary - (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shieldsheraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

FESS

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FESS➣Facilities Engineering Supply System
FESS➣Facilities and Equipment Support Services

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noun (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield

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noun (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield

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