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- n. A method of divination, practised by the Eskimo and by the Chukchee, in which the future is divined by tying a thong around the head of a reclining person. A second person tries to lift the head of the first by this thong, and his questions as to the future are answered in the affirmative if the head can be lifted, in the negative if it cannot be lifted. Similar forms of divination by lifting stones aad charms are found as far south as the Amur river.
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“It was a practiced move: the letting go of hands, the simultaneous head-lifting and backward rotation of arm.”
“RODGERS: There was applause from the U. S.-led coalition at the head-lifting.”
“Any creature who will not look you squarely in the eye -- whose only oblique glances are inspired by fear, distrust, or a view to attack, who has no way of returning caresses, and whose favorite expression is one of head-lifting disdain, may be”
“Any creature who will not look you squarely in the eye -- whose only oblique glances are inspired by fear, distrust, or a view to attack; who has no way of returning caresses, and whose favorite expression is one of head-lifting disdain, may be "noble" or "useful," but can be hardly said to add to the gayety of nations.”
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