augury

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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

The Latin alludes to Augury, and very justly ridicules the Folly of Divination by the Flight of Birds.

From The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love by Fielding, Henry

Thus we have—then, or in somewhat later times—Bangor, Mona, or the Isle of Augury, Stonehenge, Avebury, etc.

From The Towns of Roman Britain by Bevan, James Oliver

Augury has its foundation in observing the flight of birds, the sounds they utter, their motions whether sluggish or animated, and the avidity or otherwise with which they appear to take their food.

From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William

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