fescue

fescue is a Noun

Definition:

[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] 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.