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#3: Axinomancy

Definition: divination by means of the movements of an ax placed on a post About the Word: An ancient means of determining guilt, axinomancy involved balancing an ax on a post, and reading a list of names aloud. If the ax moved at a particular name, that person was deemed guilty. In another (equally strange) version, a marble was placed on a red–hot ax; the motion of the marble signaled guilt.