Fescue /(fĕs"kū̇)/

Fes·cue

Fescue

n.
  1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
    To come under the fescue of an imprimatur.
  2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.]
  3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
  4. A grass of the genus Festuca. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Fescue grass
a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.

Fescue

v. i. & t.

imp. & p. p. Fescued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing

  1. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.