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Dactylomancy

Dactylomancy \Dac*tyl"o*man`cy\, n. Dactyliomancy. [R.]
--Am. Cyc.

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dactylomancy

n. divination by various methods using rings. Such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.

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Dactylomancy

Dactylomancy, from the Greek word for finger, is a term used by proponents to define a form of divination using rings.

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For, as they say in dactylomancy, the 'psychical' of women are not disposed in their sensitive early days to dwell upon the fortunes of their sex: a thought or two turns them facing away, with the repugnant shiver.