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Webster 1913 Edition

(jĭr′ō̍-mănˊsy̆ or jī′rō̍-)

Noun.

[Gr.

γῦροσ

ring, circle +

-mancy

: cf. F.

gyromancie

A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.

Brande & C.

Noun.

[Gr. a circuit, and divination.] A kind of divination performed by walking round in a circle or ring.