veronica
/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/ · noun
Meaning
- The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
- A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.
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