Au"gu*ry (?), n.; pl.
Auguries (?). [L. aucurium.] 1.
The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of
birds, etc.; divination.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication
of the future; presage.
From their flight strange auguries she drew.
Drayton.
He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little
augury of his future greatness.
Prescott.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an
augur.