单词 | sideromancy |
释义 | ▪ I. sideroˈmancy1 [f. sidero-1.] (See quot.)
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Sideromancy (Ant.), a species of divination performed by burning straws, &c., on red-hot iron, in which operation conjectures were formed from the manner of their burning, &c. ▪ II. sideroˈmancy2 [f. sidero-2.] Forecasting the future by means of the stars.
1859Sat. Rev. VII. 179 What most likely the prophet would in conversation mention as a general scrimmage, but in sideromancy describes as, ‘nations bristling with bayonets, &c.’ |

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