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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sternomancy, n. (tr. sternomantie (Rabelais) divination by the breast-bone.) —Urquhart Rabelais iii xxv.
Sternomancy … maketh nothing for thy advantage, for thou has an ill proportion'd stomach
