augury
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Not a whit, we defie Augury; there's a speciall Prouidence in the fall of a sparrow.
From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William
Augury, or divinations drawn from the flight and feeding of birds.
From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An
Augury Number 2, he thought, as the long, soft tapering fingers slipped into his.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
See also Sayce, Babylonian Augury by means of Geometrical Figures, in the Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, vol. iv. p.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
Augury was a mode of ascertaining the divine will in respect to questions of expediency or duty, by means of certain prognostications and signs.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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