from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh,
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}.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell.
See {Speedwell}.
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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.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Veronica
<information science> 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)}.