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| F elatior | 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. [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] |
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