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fesswise

adverb
variants: or less commonly fesseways or fessewise or fessways \ˈ⸗ˌ⸗ \

Definition of fesswise 

1 : in the direction of a fess : horizontally, barwise sense 1 three keys fesswise in pale

2 : in fess three escarbuncles fesswise

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