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rhabdomancy|ˈræbdəʊmænsɪ|
Also 7 rhadomoncie, 7, 9 rabdomancy.
[ad. late L. rhabdomantīa, a. Gr. ῥαβδοµαντεία, f. ῥάβδος rod + µαντεία (see -mancy).]
Divination by means of a rod or wand; spec. the art of discovering ores, springs of water, etc., in the earth by means of a divining-rod.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. 271 A..peculiar way of Rhabdomancy is that which is used in Minerall discoveries, that is, with a forked hazell. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Rich. II, cxxxv, The Hassle soe will bend (A Rhadomoncie was observ'd of old) Stretch'd on the Earth, vnto a Mine of Gold. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Divination. 1817 Edin. Rev. XXVIII. 184 note, The doctrines of Rabdomancy still retain their ground in various parts of the Continent. 1856De Quincey Confess. 85 note, Whatever science or scepticism may say, most of the tea-kettles in the vale of Wrington are filled by rhabdomancy. 1871E. B. Tylor Prim. Culture I. iv. heading, Rhabdomancy, Dactyliomancy, Coscinomancy. 1976Worcester (Mass.) Telegram 10 Sept. 7/1 The formal term for dowsing is rhabdomancy. In Arkansas—but probably not in Danville, Vt.—..it is also known as witch-wiggling.
fig.1856De Quincey Confess. 84 The memorable rhabdomancy or magical power of evocation which Christianity has put forth.
So rhabdoˈmantic a., pertaining to rhabdomancy or the use of the divining-rod (in recent Dicts.); ˈrhabdomantist = rhabdomancer.
1856De Quincey Confess. 85 note, The remedy is—to call in a set of local rhabdomantists. These men traverse the adjacent ground, holding the willow rod horizontally. |