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carromancy
Divination by interpreting melting wax which was usually poured into cold water so the shapes of the wax could be interpreted.
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ceramancy, ceromancy; carromancy
Divination by dropping melted wax into water and observing (interpreting) the figures made there.

During the Middle Ages, wax would be melted in a brass container and poured into another vessel containing cold water.

This entry is located in the following unit: -mancy, -mancer, -mantic, -mantical (page 4)