Also erron. tephra-. [f. Gr. τέφρα ashes + -MANCY.] Divination by means of ashes: see quots.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., xix. 165. Tephramancy [pr. Tu-], by ashes; Cagnomancy, by smoak.
1661. Blount, Glossogr. (ed. 2), Tephramantie … divination by ashes, blown or cast up in the air.
a. 1693. Urquhart’s 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.
1846. Worcester, Tephramancy, divination by the ashes of a sacrifice.
