1. (n.) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.

2. (n.) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.

3. (n.) The style of a dial.

4. (n.) A grass of the genus Festuca.

5. (v. i. & t.) To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.