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message-stick

message-stick is the alternative form of message stick.

Meaning of message stick

Noun

message stick (plural message sticks)

  1. (Australia) A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups.
    • The use of message-sticks is not universal in Australian tribes, and the degree of perfection reached in conveying information by them differs much.1889, A. W. Howitt, Australian Message-sticks and Messengers, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, Volume 58, page 842

Forms of message-stick

pluralmessage-sticks

Questions about message-stick

What is message-stick the alternative form of?
Message-stick is the alternative form of message stick.

Words near message-stick in the dictionary

  1. message-driven architectures
  2. message-driven bean
  3. message-driven beans
  4. message-oriented
  5. message-oriented middleware
  6. message-stick
  7. message-sticks
  8. messageboard
  9. messageboards
  10. messaged
  11. messageing

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