Fasces

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 152

fas's ez, n. pi. (Rom. Antiq.) An ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne Fisces. before magistrates as a badge of authority.— Fascine'', -sen', n. (Fort.) A bundle of sticks of wood, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, etc.; linger or ink, then, boxbox, chair, get. 152