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omoplatoscopy|ˌəʊməʊplæˈtɒskəpɪ|
[ad. Gr. ὠµοπλατοσκοπία (Psellus), f. ὠµοπλάτη (see prec.) + -σκοπία looking: see -scopy.]
(See quots.)
1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 112 Divination by a shoulder-blade, technically called Scapulimancy or omoplatoscopy. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Omoplatoscopy, the name given to a mode of divination formerly practised by some tribes of American Indians, founded on the direction of the cracks which appeared on a blade-bone when placed on a fire. |