fescuen.

Brit.

/ˈfɛskjuː/, U.S.

/ˈfɛskju/

Forms: Middle English–1500s festu(e, (1500s festew, festure, festwe, 1600s fester), 1500s fe(e)skew, 1600s fes(t)kue, 1700s fescu, 1700s–1800s fesque, 1800s dialect vester, 1500s– fescue.

Etymology: < Old French festu (French fétu) a straw < popular Latin *festūcum = classical Latin festūca. Compare Provençal festuc (masculine), festuca, festuga (feminine), Italian festuco (masculine), festuca (feminine).

†1. A straw, rush, twig; a small piece of straw, a mote in the eye (with reference to Matthew vii. 3). Hence, a thing of little importance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > mental attitude, point of view > [noun] > source of prejudice

moteeOE

fescue1377

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > straw > a single straw or particle of straw

strawc950

fescue1377

mote1550

haulm1552

feasetraw1595

straw-mote1747

Mott1963

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 278 Þe beem lithe in ȝowre eyghen, And þe festu is fallen for ȝoure defaute, In alle manere men.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vii. 3 What seest thou a festu, or a litil mote, in the eiȝe of thi brother.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 163/1 Fyschelle of fyschew, or festu, festuca.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 400 b/1 He demaunded hym of the festue and of the beme.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 54 A pretty feate for Amber, to iuggle chaffe, festues, or the like weighty burdens.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 720 Thin strawes and fescues small.

2. A small stick, pin, etc. used for pointing out the letters to children learning to read; a pointer.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > specific

abacusa1387

fescue1513

wand1589

feasetraw1595

pointer1658

sandboard1817

letter card1819

object chart1866

teaching specimen1881

realia1894

filmstrip1896

visual aid1911

flash card1923

flannelgraph1944

teaching machine1958

manipulative1965

kit1968

society > communication > indication > pointing out > [noun] > one who or that which

showerc1400

hand1563

fescue1648

signpost1658

fingerpost1738

indicator1819

marker1832

finger pointer1843

1513 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for iiij festewys iijd.

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. v. f. clxxxi I shall..lay it afore him agayne, and sette hym to it with a festue, that he shall not saye but he sawe it.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. B Though their fescue euen then pointed at Capitall letters.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) ii. iii. 35 I, doe but put a feskue in her fist.

1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It i. i. 8 I..Taught him his Catechism, the Fescue held.

1762 S. Foote Orators i. 14 The fescues, and fasces, which have been..consign'd to one, or more matron in every village.

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 81 Vester,..a fescue.

1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 19 Play schoolmaster, point as with fescue.

figurative.1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 20 What advantage is it to be a man..if we have only scapt the ferular, to come under the fescu of an Imprimatur?1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 53 As Appetite, Not Reasons Fescue shall direct.

†3. transferred (nonce-uses.)

a. The shadow on a sundial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > shadow on

umber1382

fescue1607

shadow-line1764

1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iv. 47 The feskewe of the Diall is vpon the Chrisse-crosse of Noone.

b. A plectrum for use with the harp or lyre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > plectrum

nailOE

pointela1522

quill1552

plectre1603

plectrum1608

fescue?1624

pick1889

fingerpick1891

thumb pick1969

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 29 And with thy Golden Fescue, plaidst vpon Thy hollow Harp.

4. More fully fescue-grass: A genus ( Festuca) of grasses. hard fescue, sheep's fescue, meadow fescue: translations of the botanical names of species, F. duriuscula, F. ovina, F. pratensis. Also Chewings fescue [ < the name of Charles Chewings (1859–1937)] , a New Zealand pasture and lawn grass, Festuca rubra subsp. commutata.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > fescue grasses

fescue1762

float-fescue1762

sheep's fescue1762

reed fescue1830

bunch-grass1837

rat's tail fescue1858

capon's-tail grass-

1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica Index Fescue-grass, hard, meadow, sheep's, tall.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 144 Sheep's-fescue is a well known grass, always to be found in dry pastures, and sheep commons.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 145 The seeds of the flote Fescue sown in a dry soil, become the first year spiked, and the second meadow Fescue-grass.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 187 Fesque grass (Festuco) many species.

1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. viii. 315 Tall fescue grass stands highest.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. xxiv. 176 Short sedges and fescue-grass.

1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 863/2 The hard fescue.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Sweeping the frothfly from the fescue.

1917 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses viii. 152 Seeds of Chewing's Fescue should have a purity of 90 to 95 per cent.

1925 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 31 357 Mr. Chewings harvested the fescue-field and marketed the seed, presumably as ‘Chewings's fescue’. This would be about the year 1885.

1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 115 The name ‘Chewings Fescue’ is from a Mr. Chewings who first sold its seed in New Zealand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fescue
释义	fescuen. Brit. /ˈfɛskjuː/, U.S. /ˈfɛskju/ Forms: Middle English–1500s festu(e, (1500s festew, festure, festwe, 1600s fester), 1500s fe(e)skew, 1600s fes(t)kue, 1700s fescu, 1700s–1800s fesque, 1800s dialect vester, 1500s– fescue. Etymology: < Old French festu (French fétu) a straw < popular Latin festūcum = classical Latin festūca. Compare Provençal festuc* (masculine), festuca, festuga (feminine), Italian festuco (masculine), festuca (feminine). †1. A straw, rush, twig; a small piece of straw, a mote in the eye (with reference to Matthew vii. 3). Hence, a thing of little importance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > mental attitude, point of view > [noun] > source of prejudice moteeOE fescue1377 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > straw > a single straw or particle of straw strawc950 fescue1377 mote1550 haulm1552 feasetraw1595 straw-mote1747 Mott1963 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 278 Þe beem lithe in ȝowre eyghen, And þe festu is fallen for ȝoure defaute, In alle manere men. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. vii. 3 What seest thou a festu, or a litil mote, in the eiȝe of thi brother. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 163/1 Fyschelle of fyschew, or festu, festuca. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 400 b/1 He demaunded hym of the festue and of the beme. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 54 A pretty feate for Amber, to iuggle chaffe, festues, or the like weighty burdens. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 720 Thin strawes and fescues small. 2. A small stick, pin, etc. used for pointing out the letters to children learning to read; a pointer. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > specific abacusa1387 fescue1513 wand1589 feasetraw1595 pointer1658 sandboard1817 letter card1819 object chart1866 teaching specimen1881 realia1894 filmstrip1896 visual aid1911 flash card1923 flannelgraph1944 teaching machine1958 manipulative1965 kit1968 society > communication > indication > pointing out > [noun] > one who or that which showerc1400 hand1563 fescue1648 signpost1658 fingerpost1738 indicator1819 marker1832 finger pointer1843 1513 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for iiij festewys iijd. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. v. f. clxxxi I shall..lay it afore him agayne, and sette hym to it with a festue, that he shall not saye but he sawe it. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde To Rdr. sig. B Though their fescue euen then pointed at Capitall letters. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) ii. iii. 35 I, doe but put a feskue in her fist. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It i. i. 8 I..Taught him his Catechism, the Fescue held. 1762 S. Foote Orators i. 14 The fescues, and fasces, which have been..consign'd to one, or more matron in every village. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 81 Vester,..a fescue. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 19 Play schoolmaster, point as with fescue. figurative.1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 20 What advantage is it to be a man..if we have only scapt the ferular, to come under the fescu of an Imprimatur?1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 53 As Appetite, Not Reasons Fescue shall direct. †3. transferred (nonce-uses.) a. The shadow on a sundial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > shadow on umber1382 fescue1607 shadow-line1764 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine iv. 47 The feskewe of the Diall is vpon the Chrisse-crosse of Noone. b. A plectrum for use with the harp or lyre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > plectrum nailOE pointela1522 quill1552 plectre1603 plectrum1608 fescue?1624 pick1889 fingerpick1891 thumb pick1969 ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 29 And with thy Golden Fescue, plaidst vpon Thy hollow Harp. 4. More fully fescue-grass: A genus ( Festuca) of grasses. hard fescue, sheep's fescue, meadow fescue: translations of the botanical names of species, F. duriuscula, F. ovina, F. pratensis. Also Chewings fescue [ < the name of Charles Chewings (1859–1937)] , a New Zealand pasture and lawn grass, Festuca rubra subsp. commutata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > fescue grasses fescue1762 float-fescue1762 sheep's fescue1762 reed fescue1830 bunch-grass1837 rat's tail fescue1858 capon's-tail grass- 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica Index Fescue-grass, hard, meadow, sheep's, tall. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 144 Sheep's-fescue is a well known grass, always to be found in dry pastures, and sheep commons. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 145 The seeds of the flote Fescue sown in a dry soil, become the first year spiked, and the second meadow Fescue-grass. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 187 Fesque grass (Festuco) many species. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. viii. 315 Tall fescue grass stands highest. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. II. xxiv. 176 Short sedges and fescue-grass. 1855 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. I. 863/2 The hard fescue. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Sweeping the frothfly from the fescue. 1917 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses viii. 152 Seeds of Chewing's Fescue should have a purity of 90 to 95 per cent. 1925 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 31 357 Mr. Chewings harvested the fescue-field and marketed the seed, presumably as ‘Chewings's fescue’. This would be about the year 1885. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 115 The name ‘Chewings Fescue’ is from a Mr. Chewings who first sold its seed in New Zealand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fescuev. Etymology: < fescue n. Obsolete. transitive. To direct or assist in reading with a fescue. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > means of teaching > place in a class [verb (transitive)] > use teaching aids fescue1641 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 18 Fescu'd to a formal injunction of his rote-lesson. 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. i. 9 They..want more fescuing and a broader Explanation. a1749 A. Philips Odes (1807) 83 Fescu'd now perhaps in spelling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1377v.1641
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