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Webster 1913 Edition
Hydromancy
Hy′dro-manˊcy
,Noun.
[
Hydro-
, 1 + -mancy
: cf. F. hydromancie
.] Divination by means of water, – practiced by the ancients.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hydromancy
HY'DROMANCY
,Noun.
[Gr. water and divination.] A method of divination or prediction of events by water; invested, according to Varro, by the Persians, and practiced by the Romans.