augury
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Geomancy, Augury, Divination, 250;various kinds of divination; cards, the palm, the rod, &c.,
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay, Charles
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
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
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
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