Speal-bone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Speal-bone is a noun meaning (Scotland, obsolete) The shoulder blade.
Meaning
(Scotland, obsolete) The shoulder blade.
Example Sentences
In heteroscopic divination the process is rather one of inference from external facts. The methods are very various. […] In haruspication, or the inspection of entrails, in scapulomancy or divination by the speal-bone or shoulder-blade, in divination by footprints in ashes, found in Australia, Peru and Scotland, the voluntary element is prominent, for the diviner must take active steps to secure the conditions necessary to divination.
Word Forms
- speal-bones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spealbone, spadebone, spauld, spule, bane, spale.
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