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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]