Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fisc \Fisc\, n. [F. fisc, fr. L. fiscus basket, money basket,
   treasury; prob. akin to fascis bundle. See {Fasces}.]
   A public or state treasury. --Burke.

Source : WordNet®

fisc
     n : a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury;
         originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's
         private purse