Section F, G and H

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Ardent is used when
we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as,
ardent friendship, ardent zeal, ardent
devotedness; burning with ardor for the fight.

Fes"cen*nine (?), a. [L.
Fescenninus, fr. Fescennia, a city of Etruria.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines. --
n. A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry
originating in fescennia.

Fes"cue (f&ebreve;s"k&usl;), n. [OE.
festu, OF. festu, F. fétu, fr. L.
festuca stalk, straw.] 1. A straw, wire,
stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when
learning to read. "Pedantic fescue." Sterne.

To come under the fescue of an
imprimatur.

Milton.

2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a
plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.

3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]

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

Fescue grass (Bot.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 53) First and Last Things (page 35) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 145)

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