Obs. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To direct or assist in reading with a fescue.
1641. Milton, Animadv. (1851), 201. Fescu’d to a formal injunction of his rote-lesson.
1714. Mandeville, Fab. Bees (1729), II. 9. When he had drawn the Infant and the Madona, he thought the least glimpse of the Ox and the Ass would be sufficient to acquaint you with the History: They who want more fescuing and a broader Explanation he don’t desire his Picture should ever be shewn to.
a. 1749. Philips, Odes (1807), 83.
| Beardless poets fondly rhyming | |
| (Fescu’d now perhaps in spelling). |
