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feese
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
4VERB + FEESE
arms, fetch, following, race
FEESE + NOUN
againe, asur, beave, beire, betw, betwene, gu, iij
PREP.
upon
ADV.
backward, further
Definitions
noun
1
Obsolete form of feeze (“running start”).
Conatum longius petere. Quintill: To fetche his feese of beave further of in leaping.
To leap without fetching any race or feese, nullo procursu salire.
2
Obsolete form of feeze (“state of fretful excitement or worry”).
noun
1
Alternative form of fess (“horizontal band, in heraldry”).
William Fellow als Norry grants to thomas thacker of Hyghege in Com. Derby gen . these Armes following: Gules a feese betwene iij maskes argent And by way of Augmentacon upon the Feese a treyfull asure stalkede verte betweene ij bytturse heds rasy in theire ppr . coloure, about theire necks a laase wth a folding knotte golde taslede azure on every masks iij droppes sable.
Bigware. Or, a feese gu. betw. three lozenges az. ( another, six ) .
verb
1
Alternative form of feeze (“to freeze”).
Some rain in the night which feesed [froze] as it fell, […]
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Conatum longius petere. Quintill: To fetche his feese of beave further of in leaping.
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To leap without fetching any race or feese, nullo procursu salire.
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And giving way backward, fetch their feese or beire againe, and with a fierce charge and assault to returne full butt upon the same that they had knocked and beaten before.
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William Fellow als Norry grants to thomas thacker of Hyghege in Com. Derby gen . these Armes following: Gules a feese betwene iij maskes argent And by way of Augmentacon upon the Feese a treyfull asur
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Bigware. Or, a feese gu. betw. three lozenges az. ( another, six ) .
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Other branches of the family in Wilberton, Isle of Ely, South Pertherton, in county Somerset, Petersham in county Surrey, and in Westmoreland all have the following arms: Or a feese indented ( another
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