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fescue

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fes=cue

CIDE DICTIONARY

fescuen. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. fétu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.].
  •  A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.  Sterne.  [1913 Webster]
    "To come under the fescue of an imprimatur."  [1913 Webster]
  •  An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.  Chapman.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The style of a dial.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.
fescuev. i. & t. 
     To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fescue, n. any grass of the genus Festuca, valuable for pasture and fodder.

Etymology
ME festu(e) f. OF festu ult. f. L festuca stalk, straw

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