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runic

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Runic  \Ru"nic\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  rune,  to  runes,  or  to  the  Norsemen;  as 
  runic  verses;  runic  letters;  runic  names  runic  rhyme. 
 
  {Runic  staff}.  See  {Clog  almanac},  under  {Clog}. 
 
  {Runic  wand},  a  willow  wand  bearing  runes,  formerly  thought 
  to  have  been  used  by  the  heathen  tribes  of  Northern  Europe 
  in  magical  ceremonies. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  runic 
  adj  :  relating  to  or  consisting  of  runes;  "runic  inscription" 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  runic  adj  Syn.  {obscure}.  VMS  fans  sometimes  refer  to  Unix 
  as  `Runix';  Unix  fans  return  the  compliment  by  expanding  VMS  to  `Very 
  Messy  Syntax'  or  `Vachement  Mauvais  Syste`me'  (French  idiom,  "Hugely 
  Bad  System"). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  runic 
 
    Obscure,  consisting  of  {runes}. 
 
  {VMS}  fans  sometimes  refer  to  {Unix}  as  "RUnix".  Unix  fans 
  return  the  compliment  by  expanding  VMS  to  "Very  Messy  Syntax" 
  or  "Vachement  Mauvais  Systeme"  (French;  literally  "Cowlike  Bad 
  System",  idiomatically  "Bitchy  Bad  System"). 
 
  (1996-09-17)




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