\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.
         To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton.
2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.]
   --Chapman.
3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
4. (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}.

\Fes"cue\ (f[e^]s"k[-u]), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
{Fescued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fescuing}.]
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. --Milton.