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Axinomancy

Axinomancy (Gk. axine, an axe), an ancient method of divination for the detection of crime by means of an axe. In one form the axe was poised on a bar, and the names of suspected persons pronounced. Its movement at any name was taken to be a sign of the guilt of the person named.