fescue

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}]
    

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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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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