extispicyn.
/ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/ Roman History.
Inspection of the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; haruspicy.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun]
haruspicy1569
bowel-gazing1587
ventriloquy1623
paunch-poring1656
extispicy1681
extispicine1693
haruspiciny1693
enteroscopy1726
haruspication1871
1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Extispacy.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Extispice.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Medicine Extispicy or inspecting the entrails of beasts.
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 292 Extispicy, the observation of entrails.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1681- cross of toulouse
- cross on
- cross one's fingers
- cross one's heart
- cross one's mind, etc
- cross one's mind, etc rarely to cross one
- cross over
- cross paths
- cross patif
- cross patonce
- crush bar
- crush barrier
- crush hat
- crush in the egg
- crush one's way
- crush pen
- crush syndrome
- crush-belt
- crush-bone
- crush-breccia
- crush-conglomerate
- crush-crash
- crush-line
- crush-material
- crush-movement