fescue

1. (countable) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.Examples: "to come under the fescue of an imprimatur"; "‘Now then,’ Mason rapping upon the Table’s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly"countable

2. (countable) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.Examples: "with thy golden fescue play'dst upon Thy hollow harp"countable

3. (countable) The style of a sundial.countable