message stick

noun

a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification

Words nearby message stick

mess with, mess-up, message, message board, message center, message stick, message switching, message unit, messager, messaging, messalian

Example sentences from the Web for message stick

  • But when a stranger had no message-stick, his life was not safe in a strange land.

    The Later Cave-Men |Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

  • The message-stick went to Orkadal, and thence to Gaulardal, where the whole war-force was to assemble.

    Heimskringla |Snorri Sturlason

  • When a stranger carried a message-stick, it was safe for him to do his errand.

    The Later Cave-Men |Katharine Elizabeth Dopp