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n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a finger nail + -mancy: cf. F. onychomancie. ] Divination by the nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. ] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. psychomachia, fr. Gr. psychh` the soul + &unr_; fight: cf. &unr_; desperate fighting. ] A conflict of the soul with the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + -mancy: cf. F. psychomancie. ] Necromancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -mancy. ] Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; roughness, fr. &unr_; rough. ] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L., a kind of plant, from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]