Fescue

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[e^]s"k[-u]), 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[e^]s"k[-u]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F.
     f['e]tu, 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fescue
       n : grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America
           for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns [syn: {fescue
           grass}, {meadow fescue}, {Festuca elatior}]