ferzia

ferzia [Pers. firz, ferzi] , (chess) fierce, pawn which has been queened. a1150 cum pedester usque summam venerit ad tabulam, / nomen ejus tunc mutetur, appelletur ferzia. / ejus interim regine gratiam obtineat (Vers. Wint.) Hist. Chess 515; regina sive domina que dicitur fertze capit et vadit oblique J. Waleys Schak. 464.