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A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

A mania for acquiring books.

One who has a mania for books. -- a.

Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax. "A billman of the guard." Savile.

Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Having two hands; two-handed.

A fowler or birdcatcher.

An airwoman; an aviatress. [Colloq.]

A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.

A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ies to catch some one of the company and tell who it is. Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. Stillingfleet.

The time between daylight and candle light. [Humorous]

A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat. As late the boatman hies him home. Percival.

The art of managing a boat.

A boatman. [Archaic]

A woman who manages a boat.

who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. B. Jonson.

A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. "To enfranchise bondmen." Macaulay.

A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman. Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. Derham.