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† ˈtyroˌmancy Obs. Also tiro-. [ad. F. tyromantie (Rabelais), f. Gr. τῡρός cheese: see -mancy.] Divination by means of cheese.
1652Gaule Magastrom. xix. 166 Tyromancy [mispr. Typomancy], [divining] by the coagulation of cheese. 1656Blount Glossogr., Tiromantie. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, To have the truth..more fully..disclosed..by Tyromancy, whereof we make some Proof in a great Brehemont Cheese. |