alectryomancy

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alectryomancy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alectryomancy \A*lec"try*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? cock + -mancy.]
     Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on
     the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together
     in the order in which the grains were eaten. --Amer. Cyc.
     [1913 Webster]