† Vessey

Obs. rare. Also 6 vesse (9 vesey). [Of uncertain origin. Cf. FESSE².] Vessey color, a light-blue or sky-blue color.

1562.  Leigh, Armorie (1597), 116 b. Fishes, or something … appertaining to them, Whereof the maisterie must bee of colour vesse, that is, the colour of the Turcas.

c. 1573.  in Nichols, Progr. Q. Elizab. (1823), I. 413. He hath twoe clokes, th’ one of Vessey Collor garded with … black Clothe and twisted lace.

[Hence 1826.  Hor. Smith, Tor Hill, I. 186. A vesey-coloured cloak, guarded with black cloth, and twisted lace of carnation.]