fessen.¹

Brit.

/fɛs/, U.S.

/fɛs/

Forms: Also 1500s fece.

Etymology: < Old French fesse < Latin fascia band; modern French has fasce < Latin.

Heraldry.

a. An ordinary formed by two horizontal lines drawn across the middle of the field, and usually containing between them one third of the escutcheon.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > horizontal lines containing a third of shield

fesse1486

1486 Bk. St. Albans Her. b ij All the bastardis of all cot~armuris shall bere a fesse.

c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 113 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 Pales, bendis, feces cheveronis.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 113 b The fielde Argent, a Fesse, Azure.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iii. 34/1 Fesse, Gules.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 238 Argent, on a fess, azure, three lozenges, or.

1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Fesse, a horizontal bar across the middle of the shield, represents the knight's girdle.

b. in fesse (see quot. 1889). party per fesse: (of the shield) divided by a horizontal line through the middle.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [phrase] > halved by horizontal line

in fesse1572

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > by horizontal line

fessely1486

party per fesse1572

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 54 He beareth d'Argente, fiue Fusilles in Fesse Gules.

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 12 Dec. A Book Expansed in Fesse.

1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Fesseways or in fesse.

1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 60/2 In Fesse, a term to express the position of charges when they occupy the position assigned to that ordinary.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

fesse-line n.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun]

engrailing1486

indenting1486

champain1562

purfle1562

pertingent1610

pertransient1610

purfling1610

welt1688

embattling1753

fesse-line1775

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Fesse line, the line that constitutes the fesse.

C2.

fesse-point n. the exact centre of the escutcheon.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > one of nine fixed positions > other points

fesse-point1562

nombril1562

honour point1572

umbilic point1586

navel point1725

abyss1753

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 42 a The Fesse poynt.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry vi. 29 The heraldic Cross..is produced by the meeting of two vertical with two horizontal lines, about the Fesse point.

† fesse-target n. Obsolete (see quot. 1889).

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > escutcheon of pretence

fesse-target1586

escutcheon of pretence1610

inescutcheon1610

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 206 Adding to the same a fesse Target, or scutcheon of pretence.

1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 60/2 Fesse-Target, an old term for Escutcheon of Pretence.

fesse-ways adv. = in fesse at sense b.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > fess-wise

fesse-ways1725

fesse-wise1775

1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) 144 Fesse-ways or in Fesse denotes things born after the Manner of a Fesse.

1830 [see sense b].

fesse-wise adv. = fesse-ways adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > fess-wise

fesse-ways1725

fesse-wise1775

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Fesse-wise.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §11. 369 Two buckles, their tongues fesse-wise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fessen.²

Brit.

/fɛs/, U.S.

/fɛs/

Forms: 1500s fesse, 1800s fess (English regional (Somerset)).

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

A pale blue colour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue

watchetc1405

vessey colour1562

fesse1587

Venice blue1598

Turkey colour1661

powder blue1752

Eton blue1851

ice-blue1851

periwinkle blue1852

Cambridge blue1858

baby blue1861

starch blue1875

duck's egg1876

pervenche1876

opal blue1881

periwinkle1895

pervenche blue1898

harebell blue1909

horizon-blue1919

Nattier blue1923

zircon blue1928

Mary blue1943

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. viii. 232/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The floure [of the Saffron Crocus] beginneth to appeere of a whitish blew, fesse or skie colour.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Fess..a light blue colour. Somerset.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fesse
释义	fessen.¹ Brit. /fɛs/, U.S. /fɛs/ Forms: Also 1500s fece. Etymology: < Old French fesse < Latin fascia band; modern French has fasce < Latin. Heraldry. a. An ordinary formed by two horizontal lines drawn across the middle of the field, and usually containing between them one third of the escutcheon. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > charge of simplest or commonest kind > horizontal lines containing a third of shield fesse1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans Her. b ij All the bastardis of all cot~armuris shall bere a fesse. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 113 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 Pales, bendis, feces cheveronis. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 113 b The fielde Argent, a Fesse, Azure. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iii. 34/1 Fesse, Gules. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 238 Argent, on a fess, azure, three lozenges, or. 1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §235 The Fesse, a horizontal bar across the middle of the shield, represents the knight's girdle. b. in fesse (see quot. 1889). party per fesse: (of the shield) divided by a horizontal line through the middle. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [phrase] > halved by horizontal line in fesse1572 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > by horizontal line fessely1486 party per fesse1572 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 54 He beareth d'Argente, fiue Fusilles in Fesse Gules. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 12 Dec. A Book Expansed in Fesse. 1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Fesseways or in fesse. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 60/2 In Fesse, a term to express the position of charges when they occupy the position assigned to that ordinary. Compounds C1. General attributive. fesse-line n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] engrailing1486 indenting1486 champain1562 purfle1562 pertingent1610 pertransient1610 purfling1610 welt1688 embattling1753 fesse-line1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Fesse line, the line that constitutes the fesse. C2. fesse-point n. the exact centre of the escutcheon. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > one of nine fixed positions > other points fesse-point1562 nombril1562 honour point1572 umbilic point1586 navel point1725 abyss1753 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 42 a The Fesse poynt. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry vi. 29 The heraldic Cross..is produced by the meeting of two vertical with two horizontal lines, about the Fesse point. † fesse-target n. Obsolete (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > escutcheon of pretence fesse-target1586 escutcheon of pretence1610 inescutcheon1610 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 206 Adding to the same a fesse Target, or scutcheon of pretence. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 60/2 Fesse-Target, an old term for Escutcheon of Pretence. fesse-ways adv. = in fesse at sense b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > fess-wise fesse-ways1725 fesse-wise1775 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) 144 Fesse-ways or in Fesse denotes things born after the Manner of a Fesse. 1830 [see sense b]. fesse-wise adv. = fesse-ways adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > fess-wise fesse-ways1725 fesse-wise1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Fesse-wise. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §11. 369 Two buckles, their tongues fesse-wise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fessen.² Brit. /fɛs/, U.S. /fɛs/ Forms: 1500s fesse, 1800s fess (English regional (Somerset)). Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Obsolete exc. dialect. A pale blue colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > light blue watchetc1405 vessey colour1562 fesse1587 Venice blue1598 Turkey colour1661 powder blue1752 Eton blue1851 ice-blue1851 periwinkle blue1852 Cambridge blue1858 baby blue1861 starch blue1875 duck's egg1876 pervenche1876 opal blue1881 periwinkle1895 pervenche blue1898 harebell blue1909 horizon-blue1919 Nattier blue1923 zircon blue1928 Mary blue1943 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. viii. 232/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The floure [of the Saffron Crocus] beginneth to appeere of a whitish blew, fesse or skie colour. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Fess..a light blue colour. Somerset. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1486n.²1587
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