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<hw><hw>Fess</hw>, <hw>Fesse</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>fesse</ets>, <ets>faisse</ets>, F. <ets>fasce</ets>, fr. L. <ets>fascia</ets> band. See <er>Fascia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Fess point</col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>the exact center of the escutcheon. See <er>Escutcheon</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fessitude</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"si*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fessus</ets> wearied, fatigued.]</ety> <def>Weariness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Fesswise</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fess"wise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of fess.</def>

<h1>Fest</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fist</er>.]</ety> <def>The fist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fest, Feste</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw><hw>Fest</hw>, <hw>Fes"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><hw><def>A feast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Festal</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>festum</ets> holiday, feast. See <er>feast</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.</def>

<blockquote>You bless with choicer wine the <b>festal</b> day. <i>Francis.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Festally</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"tal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Joyously; festively; mirthfully.</def>

<h1>Festennine</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"ten*nine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fescennine.</def>

<h1>Fester</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Festered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Festering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>festern</ets>, fr. <ets>fester</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>; <ets>or fr</ets>. <ets>OF</ets>. <ets>festrir</ets>, fr. <ets>festre</ets>, <tt>n.</tt> See <er>Fester</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; <as>as, a sore or a wound <ex>festers</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Wounds immedicable Rankle, and <b>fester</b>, and gangrene. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it <b>fester</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hatred . . . <b>festered</b> in the hearts of the children of the soil. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.</def>

<h1>Fester</h1> <Xpage=554>

<hw>Fes`ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to fester or rankle.</def>