SCAPULIMANCY


Meaning of SCAPULIMANCY in English

/skap"yeuh leuh man'see/ , n.

divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.

Also, scapulomancy . Cf. oracle bone .

[ 1870-75; SCAPUL(A) + -I- + -MANCY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .