| Definitions | | axinomancy |
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noun
- A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
Including:
- placing an agate stone, piece of jet, or some other precious or semi-precious stone upon the axe-head and heating the metal, the movement of the agate then being interpreted.
- interpreting their movement when balanced on a post.
- divination, Divination by saws. Almost certainly an error, there is only one citation of its use, and those who copied it.
Etymology: axinomantia < ax or axine, an axe+ -mancy.
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