Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of divination by means of the finger-nails.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Divination by the nails.

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  • noun An ancient form of divination based on the reflections of sunlight on a boy's fingernails.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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