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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A globe of quartz crystal or glass in which images, especially those believed to portend the future, are supposedly visible to fortune tellers.
- noun A vehicle or technique for making predictions.
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- noun A
globe ofglass orcrystal used toforetell thefuture . - noun by extension A way of seeing into the
future .
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- noun a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
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treeseed commented on the word crystal ball
A crystal ball is a crystal or glass ball believed to aid clairvoyance. It is sometimes known as a shew stone.
January 26, 2008