What does "fescue" mean?
Fescue: An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
Additional senses
- 2.The style of a dial. [Obs.]
- 3.(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.
- 4.To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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