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scryer|ˈskraɪə(r)| Also 6 scrier, 6, 7, 9 skryer. [f. scry v. + -er1.] One who ‘scries’; a crystal-gazer.
1549in Narr. Reform. (Camden) 334 Thomas Malfrey..and a woman..are scryers of the glasse. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 319 The scrier which decerneth the veine of the myne goth before the workemen. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 91 He..willed me to use John my Boy as my Skryer. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 244 Kelley was several times..false to Dee, yet he mostly performed the office of Skryer. 1889Proc. Soc. Psych. Research xiv. 495 Dee's..scryer or seer, Kelly. 1900Edin. Rev. Jan. 36 The profession of skryer, crystal-gazer, or speculator. |