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pegomancy rare.|ˈpiːgəʊmænsɪ, ˈpɛgəʊ-| [f. Gr. πηγή spring + -mancy: in mod.F. pégomancie (Littré).] Divination by springs or fountains.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1824 McCulloch Scotland IV. 43 Omens are obtained..by the mode in which the air bubbles rise. This was the Pegomancy of the Greeks. |