'Gastromancy' definitions:

Definition of 'Gastromancy'

From: GCIDE
  • Gastromancy \Gas`tro*man"cy\, n. [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. [1913 Webster]