Fess

Etymology 1
From confess:, by shortening

Verb

 * 1) To confess; to admit.

Derived terms

 * fess up

Etymology 2
From fesse:, an alteration of faisse:, from  fascia:

Noun

 * 1)  A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
 * 2) * 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’, Norton 2005 p.294:
 * Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
 * 1) *2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 420:
 * The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.

Translations

 * Dutch: faas
 * Finnish:


 * Romanian:

Verb


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