A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. Sterne. [1913 Webster]
An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
The style of a dial. [1913 Webster]
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.
, v. i. & t.
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton. [1913 Webster]