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See Alectryomancy.

Cockfighting.

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.

Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.

An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight.

ressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#),…

Variability in chemical constitution without variation in crystalline form.

Characterized by allomerism.

substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.

Of or pertaining to allomorphism.

The property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.

Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] Morin.

A theodolite. Knight.

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC…

A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise.

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in ampères.

A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.