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Webster 1913 Edition
Augury
Au′gu-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Auguries
. [L.
aucurium
.] 1.
The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
2.
An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
From their flight strange
auguries
she drew. Drayton.
He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little
augury
of his future greatness. Prescott.
3.
A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
Webster 1828 Edition
Augury
AU'GURY
,Noun.
1.
The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or chattering of birds.2.
An omen; prediction; prognostication.