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speal-bone
speal-bone Sc. and north. [For dial. speal-bane, var. spule-bane: see spule.] The shoulder-blade, esp. as used in a method of divination. Pennant is the chief source of later instances.1771 Pennant Tour Scot. 1769, 154 There is another sort of divination, called Sleinanachd, or reading the speal-bon...
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spule
spule Sc. [Of obscure origin: not a normal variant of spauld.] 1. A shoulder, esp. of an animal.1803 Scott Christie's Will vi. in Minstrelsy, The spule o' the deer on the board he has set. The fattest that ran on the Hutton Lee. 2. attrib. in spule-blade, spule-bone.1802 [see speal-bone]. 1818 Scott...
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spatulamancy
spatulaˈmancy [ad. med. or mod.L. spatulamancia, f. spatula shoulder-blade.] Divination by means of the shoulder-blade of an animal. (Cf. spade-bone and speal-bone.) In quot. 1652 there is app. some error or omission, as the explanation would more properly apply to *spatilomancy, f. Gr. σπατίλη excr...
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speal-bone meaning in Chinese - ichacha.net
speal-bone in Chinese : [网络] 指骨 …. click for more detailed Chinese translation, meaning, pronunciation and example sentences.
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