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[syn: fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fescue
n 1: grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and
America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns [syn:
fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca
elatior]