Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient kind of divination for the detection of crime by means of an ax or axes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
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- noun A species of
divination , by means of anax orhatchet . Including: - noun
Divination bysaws . Almost certainly an error, there is only one citation of its use, and those who copied it.
Etymologies
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Latin axinomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀξινομαντεία.
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whichbe commented on the word axinomancy
Divination using an axe or hatchet. (from Phrontistery)
May 22, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word axinomancy
axiomactic?
August 24, 2009