fess

verb

1. To confess; to admit.

noun

1. A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.

   “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.”

   “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.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

adj

1. (UK, dialectal)Proud; conceited.

   “Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"”

2. (UK, dialectal)Lively; active; strong.
3. (UK, dialectal)Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.

name

1. A surname from German.