The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Augury \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. Auguries. [L. aucurium.]
   1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the
      actions of birds, etc.; divination.
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   2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the
      future; presage.
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            From their flight strange auguries she drew.
                                                  --Drayton.
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            He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
            little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.
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   3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
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