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n. [ L. auster south wind + -mancy. ] Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; softness, fr. &unr_; soft. ] (Med.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy. ] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stromata [ L., a bed covering, Gr. &unr_; a couch or bed. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; coverlet of a bed, pl. &unr_; patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr. &unr_; anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. &unr_; to spread out. ] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]