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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1693

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Tephromancy, n. (17th c. Eng. tephramancy (1652) divination by ashes blown or thrown into the air.)1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xxv.
Have you a mind … to have the truth … more fully … disclosed … by tephromancy: thou wilt see the ashes thus aloft dispersed, exhibiting thy wife in a fine posture

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