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Webster 1913 Edition
Gastromancy
Gasˊtro-man′cy
,Noun.
[
Gastro-
+ -mancy
: cf. F. gastromancy
.] (Antiq.)
(a)
A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.
(b)
A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gastromancy
GAS'TROMANCY
,Noun.
A kind of divination among the ancients by means of words seeming to be uttered from the belly.