spodomantic (spodomantik)

[ The poor little fellow buried his hands in his curls, and stared fiercely into the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks. Kingsley, Two Years Ago, vii. (Davies.) spodumene (spod'ū-mēn), n. [ F.spodumène , σποδοῦν , burn to ashes, roast in ashes, σποδός , ashes, embers.] A silicate of aluminium and lithium, occurring usually in flattened prismatic crystals, near pyroxene in form, also in cleavable ma es. It is hard, transparent to translucent, and varies in color from grayish-, yellowish, or greenish white to emerald-green and purple. The emerald-green variety (hiddenite), found in North Carolina, is used as a gem. Also called triphane . spoffish (spof'ish), a. [ He invariably spoke with astonishing rapidity; was smart, spoffish , and eight-and-twenty. Dickens , Sketches, Tales, vii. IMG:content-1804.png:[blocks in formation] seed.