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a. the practice of removing spikes, as from garden plants. submitted by sjmaxq chosen by etaoin
b. the act of removing a deacon or sexton from office submitted by flatlander chosen by maahey, musick, sjmaxq, dodyskin
c. marriage custom found in certain African and Pacific tribes where the preferred wife for a man is his mother's brother's daughter submitted by bingley chosen by consuelo, annastrophic
d. the practice of divining the future by examining the entrails of sacrificed animals. submitted by annastrophic and reality chosen by whitman o'neill, wofahulicodoc, coffeebean
e. n. in time of war, leadership by a government-in-exile submitted by wofahulicodoc chosen by belmarduk
f. the altered mental condition induced by hallucinogens. submitted by maahey chosen by flatlander, faldage
Annastrophic's submitted definition was: An ancient Greek practice of divining the future by examining a sacrificial animal's entrails.
However, the book where I came across this word was about Mesopotamia so I took the liberty of generalising the definition. I believe the same practice among the Romans is usually referred to as haruspicy.
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Ah, so my entrailic amalgamation hunch panned out, huh? They just don't amalgamated entrails like they used too, though, ya know what I mean?
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In reply to:
They just don't amalgamate entrails like they used too, though, ya know what I mean?
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>amalgamated entrails<>No.<That's the point, Bing...neither do I.
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