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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 3. The style of a dial. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Festuca}. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] 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}]
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