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fescue

fescue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
  2. 2.The style of a dial. [Obs.]
  3. 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. 4.To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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