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Webster 1913 Edition


Ophiomancy

O′phi-o-manˊcy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ὄφισ
a serpent +
-mancy
: cf. F.
ophiomantie
.]
Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ophiomancy

OPHIOM'ANCY

,
Noun.
[Gr. a serpent, and divination.]
In antiquity, the art of divining or predicting events by serpents, as by their manner of eating or by their coils.