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Necʹromancy

means prophesying by calling up the dead, as the witch of Endor called up Samuel. (Greek, nekros, the dead; manteia, prophecy.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Neck
Neck-verse (Psalm li. 1)
Neck-weed
Neck and Crop
Neck and Heels
Neck and Neck
Neck or Nothing
Necked
Necklace
Necromancy
Nectar
Neddy (a man’s name)
Need Makes the old Wife Trot
Needs must when the Devil Drives
Needfire
Needful (The)
Needham
Needle
Negative Pregnant (A)
Negro