FESCUE
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Fes"cue (fĕs"k&uuptack_;), n. [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.
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To come under the fescue of an imprimatur.
Milton.
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2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
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3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
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4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca.
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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.
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Fes"cue (fĕs"k&uuptack_;), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Fescued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.
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