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FESSE, in hcra!Jry, one of lhe nine hononr.ble ordi–

narié!, coofilling of a line ¿raIVn di,-etlly acroCs lhe

Ihitld, from fide

fideo and eOOlaining Ihe lhird

il, belIVeen tI,e honour·poiDl

~nd

Ihe nombri!.

repreCeOI! abroad girdle or belt of oooonr, whieh

knights al arms were aocieDtly girded with. See

PI.te

L~X.

6g.

fEs!! '

O.NT,

th~

exatt centre of tbe &uteheoD.

See POINT.

fESSE-WAYS, or

ros!!, denote, any thiog borne af.

ter the maOlleT of a felfe; lbat is, io a raok acroCs the

llIiddle of the fhield.

Parl}

FESSE, implies a parcing aerofs the middle of

the Ihield, from fide

fide, through lhe fe/Te poinl.

t'ESTI DIES, in Roman anliqoily, cenaio days

tbe

yrac,

devotetl to the honour of lhe gods.

Numa, wheo he riiflributeJ lhe year ioto t'<'elve

months, divided lhe Carne ioto the dies fefli, dies prQ'

fefii, and dies iotereifi.

The fefii IVere again divided ioto day' of

Caerifi~el,

'b.nquetS, games. aod feri:l!. See

SAClIfl.ei

, E,U'

L.Á., Luo., and FERIJE.

The rrofdli were thoCe days allowed to men for lhe

adminiHrat ion of their alfairs, whether of a publie or

private nahl'e: theCe'\/Iere di"ided iOlO f;JIi, eomitia

les. eom?ereodini, {hti, and przliares. Seo FASTI,

COM.TlALEI,

&c.

lhe inlereifi wcre

days

eommon both to gods aod

men, fome parlS of ...hieb were allotted la tI,e [ervice

of .he or.., and COllle to !hat of tbe other.

FESTINO. in lagie. lhe third mood of lhe Cecood

Ii–

gure of the fyllogifm,

th~

lira p,opofi.ion whereor is

ao unimf ..

negative, the feeond a parciealdr affirma–

tife, and the third a ¡nrticular Degative: as in the

fol!owing example:

FES No bad r.laD caD be happy,

Some rieh men are bad mea:

Erl1O,

(ome rieh men aTe not happy.

FESTIVAL, the (ame wirh fedll. See FUST.

FESTOON, in archiletlure .nd feulpture,

crc.

an oro

Dameot io form of a garland of flowers, fruin and

leam , iotermixed Or twifled together.

FESTUCA.in

bOlany, a genus of gra/Tes, belongiog to the

tri.ndria digyniaclaf,. The ealix has two valves ; and

lhe fpica is oblong aod eyliadriea!. There are fixleea

fpecies, eleven of which ate natives of

Brit.in,

viz.

the

ovioa, Or Oleep's fefeue-grafs; Ihe rubiufeula, or hard

fcfcue'grafs; the rubra, or pu. pie fefeue.grafs; the bro·

moides. orbmen fefeue.grafs; themyuros,or wall (efeue–

grafs; .he pralenfi" or meadow fefeue.grafs; the elatior,

oml! fcfeue.grafs; thedeeumbeDs, or fmall feCeue.grafs;

rhe Ruitans, or eat fefClle·grafs; the loliaeea, or fpiked

r&ue.grafs ; and the fylvatiea, or wood fefeue grafs.

FETIPOUR, a city of the hithcr lodia, twenty·five

miles wrfl of Agra: E. lonz.

7sn

40',

N. lal.

27°.

FETLOCK, in thc lIlenace, a luft of hair growing be-

Jund the p.fiern joint of many hor(es; for ¡hoCe of a

_ low file hne fearee any fueh tufl.

rEUD, the

f.me

with fee. Sec

Fu.

FEUDAL. Or r.ODhL, denotes any thine bclonging tO

afee. Sec FEt.

VOL.H. No

51.

FEUDATORY, or

FE O~ATORY,

a tenant who fol"'

merly held his efiate by féodal fe" ice.

FEU ·DUTY,

io Seots law,

tbe annual rent or du.y

",hieh a va/T.I. by the teoor of bis right, beeomes

bounJ tO pay tO his

fup~rior.

See SeoTS LAw,

tille

Jt.

FEU-HOLDtNC, io Scots lau', is that particular tenor

by which a varr..

is takeo bouod

pay an aonual reut

fe~-duty

to hiE Cuperior. See SeoTS LAw, tit.

JI.

FEVER. in medicine. See MEDICINE.

FEVERFEW, in botaay. See MATRTCAlIA.

FEVERSHAM, a porHown of Kent, aod one of lhe

cinquepom. See C.NltUEPORT.

fiaads fevep miles wefi of Canterbury.

FEZ, the capital of the empire of

F~l

aod Moroceo, in

Africa: \V.loog

6°,

N.I ..t.

;3° 30'.

is a large and populous my. and tbe ufual reu·

deoee of the emperor.

FIAR, in Scots law, the perCoo vefled iD the feudal pro–

peny of a fubjel!. See FEt.

FIASCONE. a city aod b,fhop's fee of Italy, aboll!

twel,e miles Couth of Orvieuo.

FIAT, iD law, • fhon order or w",a,nt r,. ned by a

judge, for

ma~iog

OUt and allllw,nJ eenaia°procerres.

FIBRARlJE:, a claC; of [oruls, naturally aod e/Teotia!ly

Jimple, not inflammable nor fcluble in water, and eom–

pJ(ed of pa¡alle1 6bres, fome fhorter, othcrs longer;

their externa! appeatance being pright,

and

iD fome

degrec traofpareot: add to thi!, tha¡ they never give

6re with

fl~eI,

Dor ftrment witb, or are Coluble io aeid

menaNa.

FIBR

iD aaalomy, a perfeélly Gmple bocly, or at lean

as fimple as any thia.g in the human IIruélure; beiog

6ne aod fleoder like a thread, and ferving to forro

C\–

ther pans. Heoce fome libres are ¡urd, as the booy

ones; and others foft, as thoCe dellioed for the foro

mation of all the

Olh~r

parts.

The libres are divided alfo, aecording ta !heir GlO–

ation, intO fueh

are Ilraight, oblique, lnnCverfe,

annuld<, and fpiral

being fpund arraaged iD all tbeCe

direélions, in dilfereot pans of the body.

FIBROSE, fomething eonGlling of fibres, as the roolS

plao~.

See RooT.

FlBULA, in anatomy. See ANATOMY, p.

184'

FICARIA, in botany. See RANUN'CULU'.

FICEDULA, in ornilhology. See MOTAC'LU.

FICOIDEA, in botany. See ArlooN.

FICOIDES, a name

givcn

to feveral diflinél plants, as

lhe mefembryanthemum mufa, and opuntia. SeeME'

SH.B

NTHE

M1J M.

FICTION. See FABd.

FICUS. the FIC-TREE. in botany, ageous ofthepoly.

gamia polyreeia

c1.fs

. The eommOfl reeeptacle is lur–

binmd, fleOly, and

conce.ls

lhe fl ofeul" . The ealix

of the male confins of .hree {egments; it has no eo–

rolla, but has Ihree flamina: lhe eali Kof the flinale

confifi! of (¡,e fegments; it has no coroll•• and bUl

one pifiil, and one C« d. There are fe"en (peeies. all

nf tilemMtives of

w.,n,

c1imate5. The fruit of the

fig·" ce i! a {u(t emollicot (weet,

ar.J

as Cueh enlm ia–

to fe,eral

eoml'0fiti~ns.

FID.\,