fescue

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fescue

/ˈfɛskjuː/

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Inherited from Middle English festu, from Old French festu (modern fétu), from Late Latin *festūcum, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).

noun fescues

countable A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. to come under the fescue of an imprimatur
countable, uncountable A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates, of the genus Festuca.
countable An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. with thy golden fescue play'dst upon Thy hollow harp
countable The style of a sundial.

verb fescues · fescuing · fescued

To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. A minister that cannot be trusted to pray in his own words without being chewed to, and fescued to a formal injunction of his rote lesson, should as little be trusted to preach, besides the vain babble of praying over the same things immediately again ; for there is a large difference in the repetit

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noun grass

中文	羊茅 yángmáo
Français	fétuque
Deutsch	Schwingel, Schwingelgras
Русский	овся́ница ovsjánica
العربية	عِكْرِش ʕikriš, فَسْتُوكَا fastūkā, فَسْتُوكَة fastūka

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@misc{fescue_2026,
  title = {fescue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fescue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}