▪ I. sideroˈmancy1
[f. sidero-1.]
(See quot.)
| 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Sideromancy (Ant.), a species of divination performed by burning straws, &c., on red-hot iron, in which operation conjectures were formed from the manner of their burning, &c. |
▪ II. sideroˈmancy2
[f. sidero-2.]
Forecasting the future by means of the stars.
| 1859 Sat. Rev. VII. 179 What most likely the prophet would in conversation mention as a general scrimmage, but in sideromancy describes as, ‘nations bristling with bayonets, &c.’ |