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axinomancy|ækˈsɪnəʊmænsɪ|
[ad. L. axīnomantīa, a. Gr. ἀξῑνοµαντεία, f. ἀξῑ́νη axe + µαντεία divination.]
Divination by means of an axe-head.
1601Holland Pliny Gloss., Axinomantie, a kind of magicke diuination by an ax head red hot. 1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv, To have the truth..disclosed..by axinomancy: we want only a hatchet and a jet-stone to be laid together upon a fire of hot embers. 1870Archæol. XLIII. 517. |