Rom. Antiq. Also 8 extispice. [ad. L. extispicium: see EXTISPICIOUS.] Inspection of the entrails of sacrificial victims for the purpose of divination; haruspicy.
1681. Blount, Glossogr., Extispacy.
1721–1800. Bailey, Extispice.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., Medicine, Extispicy or inspecting the entrails of beasts.
1855. Smedley, Occult Sciences, 292. Extispicy, the observation of entrails.
