Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A straw; a mote.
- noun Same as
fescue , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A straw; a fescue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
straw ; afescue .
Etymologies
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See fescue.
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Examples
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Then he demanded him of the festue and of the beam, and he answered: A festue is a festue, and a beam is a beam.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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And Pastor said: Put in thine heart all that be thy sins and thou shalt find them like a beam, and the small sins of him be like a festue.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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