fess
IPA: fˈɛs
noun
- (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
- A surname from German.
- (medicine) Initialism of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
verb
- To confess; to admit.
adjective
- (UK dialect) Proud; conceited.
- (UK dialect) Lively; active; strong.
- (UK dialect) Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.
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Examples of "fess" in Sentences
- I have to fess up to doing that.
- Blazon Per fess low or and azure.
- Then you're gonna have to fess up.
- A gold heraldic Fess on a black shield.
- The shield is parted by a wavy azure fess.
- Azure in fess three mullets of six points or.
- The wavy fesse symbolizes the local river, the Main.
- The wavy fess stands for the brook that runs through the village.
- It bears in fesse a bow and above it, is the monogram of the Society of Jesus.
- It bears in fesses a bow and above it, is the monogram of the Society of Jesus.
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