geoscopy

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ -scopy

Noun

geoscopy (uncountable)

1. (dated) Knowledge of the earth or soil, obtained by inspection.
   • 1882, William Elliot Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation:

     The School of Astronomy, geoscopy, and the choice of fortunate days

Related terms

• geoscopic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “geoscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)