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Fess 2

  1. Fess hemisphere or Fess archy adorned with six of the celestial signs of the zodiac, termed the hemisphere, or hemi-zodiac, being half the circle of the zodiac, and as much as can be seen of the celestial globe at one view. When only three of the signs are shown, it is then blazoned a Fess with a fourth part of the zodiac. 

  2. Fess mascle differs from the fess lozenge in being voided, through which the field is shown. It should begin and end with a demi mascle, or it may be blazoned so many mascles in fess.

  3. Fess masculy has the surface formed into mascles by transverse lines and borne of alternate tinctures without altering the outward form of the fess. It is similar to the Fess lozengy, differing only in the voiding or perforation, through which the field is seen.

  4. Fess nebulé has outer edges formed by a line nebulé representing clouds. 

  5. Fess nebulé on the top and invecked on the bottom. 

  6. Fess nowy, by some authors called a fess bottony or pometty, has but one semicircular projection on each side. 

  7. Fess double nowyed differs from the last in having two semicircular projections on each side.

  8. Fess treble nowyed, having three semicircular projections on each side.

  9. Fess nowy urdy, has a projection on each side, like a single battlement with the top pointed. 

  10. Fess nowy lozengy, that is, with a single projection on each side in the form of a demi lozenge

  11. Fess nowy quadrate  sometimes called a fess single bretessed, or with one embattlement on either side.

  12. Fess papillonné or escallopé covered with curved overlapping lines resembling scallop shells or fish scales, in rows with each scallop overlaying part of two in the next row.

  13. Fess paté has the sides projecting, and indented in the form of dovetails, and is termed paté, from its resembling one quarter of the cross so called.

  14. Fess potenté is formed on the outer edges like potents, or one limb of the cross potent.

  15. Fess radiant, rayonné or rayonnant, having rays issuant from the sides, alternately wavy and straight.

  16. Fess raguly is irregularly notched or jagged on the sides, resembling the trunk of a tree, with the limbs or branches cut off.

  17. Fess angled at both ends couped, the dexter to the base, called also a fess couped with one embattle at each end counter-embattled

  18. Fess supported with two stays chevronwise, by some called a tressel in fess supported with two staves issuing from the base, in the form of a chevron.

  19. Fess treflé, having trefoils issuing from the upper part. 

  20. Fess urdé, called also a fess varriated on the outsides.

  21. Fess urdé surmounted.

  22. Fess voided, by some termed voided of the field, which is unnecessary, as all voidings imply a part cut out, showing the field; for if the part voided is of a different tincture, it would then be a fess surmounted of another: nor can a fess voided be termed bars-gemelle, as the latter would be placed closer to each other whereas the former would encompass the normal width of a fess. 

  23. Fess waved,  termed also undé, enclosed by two wavy lines.

  24. Fess wiure nebuly counter-nebuly, or more properly termed a wiure nebuly counter-nebuly in fess; it is much less than either the barrulet or cottice, being no thicker than a strong stroke made with a pen, and may be formed after any of the lines used in heraldry.

  25. Fess indented on the top.

  26. Fess indented per long on the lower side. This arrangement has also been blazoned five piles couped and conjoined in fess.

  27. Fess indented at a distance, or with two dents or dentals at a distance, being a fess with two dents or dentals on the upper, and counter-indented on the lower sides.

  28. Fess per fess, indented point in point.

  29. Per fess indented.

  30. Label in fess counterposed with another.