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Webster 1913 Edition
Axinomancy
Ax-in′o-manˊcy
,Noun.
[L.
axinomantia
, Gr. [GREEK] ax + -mancy
.] A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Axinomancy
AXINOM'ANCY
,Noun.
Among the ancients, a species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet, performed by laying an agate-stone on a red hot hatchet, or by fixing a hatchet on a round stake, so as to be poised; then the names of those suspected were repeated, and he at whose name the hatchet moved, was pronounced guilty.