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fesse
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fesse, n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See Fascia.].
A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. [1913 Webster]
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