fescue

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The style of a dial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]