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veronica

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veronica  \Ve*ron"i*ca\,  n.  [LL.;  --  so  called  from  Veronica,  a 
  woman  who  according  to  an  old  legend,  as  Christ  was  carrying 
  the  cross,  wiped  his  face  with  a  cloth,  which  received  an 
  impression  of  his  countenance;  Veronica  is  fr  MGr.  ?,  fr 
  Macedonian  ?,  for  Gr  ?,  literally,  carrying  off  victory, 
  victorious.] 
  1.  A  portrait  or  representation  of  the  face  of  our  Savior  on 
  the  alleged  handkerchief  of  Saint  Veronica,  preserved  at 
  Rome;  hence  a  representation  of  this  portrait,  or  any 
  similar  representation  of  the  face  of  the  Savior.  Formerly 
  called  also  {Vernacle},  and  {Vernicle}. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  genus  scrophulariaceous  plants;  the  speedwell. 
  See  {Speedwell}. 
 
  Note:  Several  herbaceous  species  are  common  in  both  Europe 
  and  America,  most  of  which  have  small  blue  flowers.  A 
  few  shrubby  species  from  New  Zealand  are  sometimes 
  found  in  cultivation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  veronica 
  n  :  any  plant  of  the  genus  Veronica  [syn:  {speedwell}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Veronica 
 
    Very  Easy  Rodent-Oriented  Net-wide  Index 
  to  Computerized  Archives.  Veronica  offers  a  keyword  search  of 
  most  {gopher}  menu  titles  in  the  entire  gopher  web.  As 
  {archie}  is  to  {FTP}  archives,  Veronica  is  to  {Gopherspace}. 
  A  Veronica  search  produces  a  menu  of  Gopher  items,  each  of 
  which  is  a  direct  pointer  to  a  Gopher  data  source.  Because 
  Veronica  is  accessed  through  a  Gopher  Client,  it  is  easy  to 
  use  and  gives  access  to  all  types  of  data  supported  by  the 
  Gopher  {protocol}. 
 
  To  try  Veronica,  select  it  from  the  "Other  Gophers"  menu  on 
  Minnesota's  gopher  server,  or  point  your  gopher  at: 
 
  Name=veronica  (search  menu  items  in  most  of  GopherSpace) 
  Type=1 
  Port=70 
  Path=1/veronica 
  Host=gopher.scs.unr.edu 
 
  {(gopher://gopher.scs.unr.edu/1/veronica)} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  VERONICA 
  Very  Easy  Rodent-Orientated  Netwide  Index  of  Computerized  Archives  (Internet)




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