"Axinomancy" Quotes from Famous Books
... fountains, Pegomancy^; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy^; by meal, Aleuromancy^, Alphitomancy^; by salt, Halomancy^; by dice, Cleromancy^; by arrows, Belomancy^; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy^; by a balanced sieve, Coscinomancy^; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy^; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy^; by precious stones, Lithomancy^; by pebbles, Pessomancy^; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy^; by mirrors, Catoptromancy^; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy^; by dreams, ... — Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... Lecanomancy, by basins of water. Katoxtromancy, by looking-glasses. Chartomancy, by writing in papers, and by Valentines. Macharomancy, by knives and swords. Crystallomancy, by crystals. Dactylomancy, by rings. Koseinomancy, by sieves. Axinomancy, by saws. Kaltabomancy, by vessels of brass, or other metal. Spatalamancy, by skins, bones, &c. Roadomancy, by stars. Sciomancy, by shadows. Astragalomancy, by dice. Oinomancy, by the lees of wine. Sycomancy, ... — Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Vol. I • Charles Mackay |