Fescue
Fescue (fes"ku) , noun
[Old English festu, Old French festu, French fétu, from Latin festuca stalk, straw.]
1.
A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
Pedantic fescue.
To come under the fescue of an imprimatur.
2.
An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obsolete] — Chapman
3.
The style of a dial. [Obsolete]
4.
(Botany) A grass of the genus Festuca.
Collocations (1)
Fescue grass (Botany) , a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.
Fescue (fes"ku) , verb, intransitive and transitive
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. — Milton