Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Divination by means of huckle-bones or dice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by means of small bones or dice.
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- noun
Divination bydice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked. - noun
Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book. - noun Simply
divination by dice.
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Examples
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By astragalomancy, whereof I have the plots and models all at hand ready for the purpose.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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By astragalomancy, whereof I have the plots and models all at hand ready for the purpose.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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By astragalomancy, whereof I have the plots and models all at hand ready for the purpose.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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n. - ankle-bone; rounded beading or moulding on column; pl., dice. astragalar, adj. astragalomancy, n. divination by ankle-bones or dice. astragalus n.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word astragalomancy
JM is jumping at the chance to practice astragalomancy.
May 20, 2011