Gastromancy

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

  Gastromancy \Gas`tro*man"cy\, 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]