Meanings
nounMosaical rod (plural Mosaical rods)
plural Mosaical rods
- historicalA divining rod.First known use 17th c.
In 1634 the Dean of Westminster allowed an expedition, equipped with Mosaical rods and led by the King's clock-master, Davy Ramesey, to search for treasure in the Abbey.
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 229
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