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per fess

per fess adverb: (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).

Adverb

per fess (not comparable)

  1. (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).
    • per fess gules and argent; tierced per fess

Questions about per fess

What does per fess mean?
Per fess means (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).
What part of speech is per fess?
Per fess is an adverb.

Words near per fess in the dictionary

  1. per chief
  2. per contra
  3. per curiam
  4. per diem
  5. per diems
  6. per fess
  7. per impossibile
  8. per litt.
  9. per mensem
  10. per mil
  11. per mill

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