Definition of Fescoe
Fes"cue (f&ebreve;s"k&usl;), n. [OE.
festu, OF. festu, F. fétu, 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.
To come under the fescue of an
imprimatur. Milton.
2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a
plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus
Festuca.
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.
Fes"cue (f&ebreve;s"k&usl;), v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Fescued (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Fescuing.] To use a fescue, or teach
with a fescue. Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
*1997: ‘Now then,' Mason rapping upon the Table's Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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