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Webster 1913 Edition
Fescue
Fes′cue
(fĕs′kū̍)
, Noun.
[OE.
festu
, OF. festu
, F. fétu
, fr. L. festuca
stalk, straw.] 1.
A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
“Pedantic fescue.” Sterne.
To come under the
fescue
of an imprimatur. Milton.
2.
An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
3.
The style of a dial.
[Obs.]
4.
(Bot.)
A grass of the genus
Festuca
. Fescue grass
(Bot.)
, a genus of grasses (
Festuca
) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina
is sheep’s fescue
; F. elatior
is meadow fescue
.Fes′cue
(fĕs′kū̍)
, Verb.
I.
& T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fescued
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fescuing
.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fescue
FES'CUE
,Noun.
A small wire used to point out letters to children when learning to read.