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Definitions for FESS
fɛsfess
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Princeton's WordNet
fesse, fessnoun
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
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Fess
In heraldry, a fess or fesse (from Middle English fesse, Old French faisse, and Latin fasciacode: lat promoted to code: la , "band") is a charge on a coat of arms (or flag) that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by a fess or other ordinary, ranging from one-fifth to one-third. The Oxford Guide to Heraldry states that earlier writers including Leigh, Holme, and Guillim favour one-third, while later writers such as Edmondson favour one-fifth "on the grounds that a bend, pale, or chevron occupying one-third of the field makes the coat look clumsy and disagreeable." A fess is likely to be shown narrower if it is uncharged, that is, if it does not have other charges placed on it, and/or if it is to be shown with charges above and below it; and shown wider if charged. The fess or bar, termed fascecode: fra promoted to code: fr in French heraldry, should not be confused with fasces.
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In heraldry, fess is a term used to describe a horizontal band that goes across the middle of the shield. It is one of the principal ordinaries in heraldry, along with the bend, chevron, pale, and chief.
Webster Dictionary
Fessnoun
alt. of Fesse
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Fess
In heraldry, a fess or fesse is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the centre of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by a fess or other ordinary, ranging from one-fifth to one-third. The Oxford Guide to Heraldry states that earlier writers including Leigh, Holme, and Guillim favour one-third, while later writers such as Edmondson favour one-fifth "on the grounds that a bend, pale, or chevron occupying one-third of the field makes the coat look clumsy and disagreeable." A fess is likely to be shown narrower if it is uncharged, that is, if it does not have other charges placed on it, and/or if it is to be shown with charges above and below it; and shown wider if charged. The fess or bar, termed fasce in French heraldry, should not be confused with fasces. The fess as a charge on a coat of arms is said by some to represent the military might of the family. It is particularly popular with Gallowglass families including McCabe, McCann, McCoy, McFadden, Nevin and Sweeney.
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FESS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fess is ranked #39212 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fess surname appeared 561 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fess.
95.9% or 538 total occurrences were White.
1.6% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FESS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FESS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of FESS in a Sentence
But I’m also not going to allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes and in this particular situation that was what was attempted. I said I’d rather fess up to my mistakes.
I'm not going to allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes, and in this particular situation that was what was attempted, i said I'd rather fess up to my mistakes.
Our text and email messages have to been seen in their totality to see the( sic) is no serious effort to intimidate or pressure Randy Credico to do anything, other than fess up to the truth.
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