rare. [a. Fr. aleuromancie, ult. f. Gr. ἄλευρον flour + μαντεία divination; the compound ἀλευρομαντεῖον already existed in Gr.] An ancient kind of divination performed by means of meal or flour.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Aleuromancy, divination by barley meal mixed with wheat.
1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxv. Disclosed unto you … by aleuromancy, mixing the flour of wheat with oatmeal.
1775. in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.
