geomancy
(noun) divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
geomancy (usually uncountable, plural geomancies)
A method of divination which interprets markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.
• cenogamy
Source: Wiktionary
Ge"o*man`cy, n. Etym: [OE. geomance, geomancie, F. géomance, géomancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr.
Definition: A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
