pedomancy

[Lat. pes (gen it. ped is )= the foot, and Gr. manteia =prophecy, divination.] Divination by examination of the soles of the feet. foot; and Eng. meter (q. v.).] A pace-measurer; an pě-dăm-ě-tër, s. [Lat. pes (gen it. ped is )=the instrument to count the steps. Small pedometern to be worn on the person, consist of a train of wheels in a small case, and a dial which registers the number of impulses derived from a cord at tached to the foot. In this form it becomes a register of the number of paces.