10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COSCINOMANCY»
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coscinomancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
illustration of the manner in which the shears are held to support the sieve.
Coscinomancy was also used to discover love secrets. It is said that Agrippa, at
the end of his works, gives certain mystic words to be pronounced before the
sieve will ...
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The principal roots of the Greek language
5 Coscinomancy] of koo-kivov, a sieve, and }iavreia, divination, is compounded
coscinomancy ; the art of divination by means of a sieve. 6 Colon] from noAov,
limb, member, is derived colon ; a mark in printing or writing to denote the
division of ...
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
COSCINOMANCY, the art of divination by means of a sieve. The word comes
from xwxmv, cribrum, a sieve, and aamm, divination. The sieve being suspended,
a formula of words is rehearsed, after which it is taken between two fingers only, ...
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The history of magic, tr. by W. Howitt. To which is added an ...
COSCINOMANCY, CAPNOMANCY, OAPTOTBOMANCY. 455 to them said
Eumenides. In the second sense, Cledonism should seem a divination drawn
from birds, — the same with Ornithomantia. COSCISOMANCY, As the word
implies, ...
Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Howitt, 1854
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
COSCINOMANCy, Gr. Koacivo'pamt, ; " She who tells fortunes with the sieve and
shears." Fawkcs, Theocritus, Id. ill. from kookivov, a sieve, and fiatnU, a diviner.
For a description of Coscinomancy, see Chiromancy. And that ordinary way of ...
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes
Now then, declining from Theourgia, Artenosaria* Pharmacia, rejecting Necro-
puro-geo-hydro-cheiro-coscinomancy 33, With other vain and superstitious
sciences, We'll anchor at the art prestigiatory, That represents one figure for
another, ...
Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, 1825
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: Greenes Tu quoque; ...
Now then, declining from Theourgia, Artenosaria* Pharmacia, rejecting Necro-
puro-geo-hydro-cheiro-coscinomancy 3S, With other vain and superstitious
sciences, We'll anchor at the art prestigiatory, That represents one figure for
another, ...
Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, 1825
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
U.)* COSCINOMANCY. n.s. Ifrom ««□«».», a sieve, and na*nm, divination ] The
art of divi- naton by means of a sieve. A very ancient practice mentioned by
Theocritus, and still used in some part6 of England, to find out persons unknown.
COSCINOMANCY, CAPNOMANCT, CAPTOTBOMA2ICY. 455 to them said
Eumenides. In the second sense, Cledonism should seem a divination drawn
from birds, — the same with Ornithomantia. COSCIKOMANCY, As the word
implies, ...
Joseph Ennemoser, Mary Botham Howitt, 1854
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
clidomancy, see cleidomancy. clouds, chaomancy coals (burning),
anthracomancy conchomancy, divination with sea shells. copper bowls,
chalcomancy coscinomancy, divination by turning a sieve held on a pair of
shears or tongs (as in ...
