Deuteroscopy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deuteroscopy \Deu`ter*os"co*py\, n. [Gr. ? second + -scopy.]
     1. Second sight.
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              I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland
              seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to


              witness things unmeet for mortal eye. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the
        literal sense; the second intention; a hidden
        signification. --Sir T. Browne.
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