AXINOMANCY, axinomantia, a species of divination, or method of foretelling future events by means of an ax or hatchet. See DIVINATION. The word is formed from the Greek ἀξίνη, securis, and μαντεία, divinatio. This art was in good repute among the ancients; and was performed by laying an agat-stone on a red-hot hatchet. See AGAT.
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