sheepsfescue (shepsfes ku)

A gra , Fes tuca ovina, native in many mountain regions, also cultivated elsewhere. It is a low tufted perennial with fine leaves and culms, perhaps the best of pasture-gra es in sandy soils, forming the bulk of the sheep-pasturage in the Scotch Highlands. It is also an excellent lawn-gra . sheep's-foot (shēps'fût), n. In printing, an Sheep's-foot. iron hammer with a split curved claw at the end which serves for a handle. The claw is used as a pry for lifting forms from the bed of a pre . sheep-shank (shēp's hangk), n. 1. The shank or leg of a sheep; hence, something lank, slender, or weak: in the quotation applied to a bridge. I doubt na', frien', ye'll think ye're nae sheepshank, Ance ye were streek it o'er frae bank to bankl Burns , Brigs of Ayr. 2. Naut., a kind of knot, Sheep-shank, 2. making it a serious nuisance in wool.