crystal ball

Definitions

1. 1

   A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future.

   • The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.
   • "Well, Victor agreed and Madame Rosita sat down with her crystal ball on a black cloth in front of her."
   • The object that he found most interesting was a large crystal ball standing in the middle of the table. “Ah!” he said. “’Tis a giant scrying glass! Like a full moon! I feel its power!”
2. 2

   A way of seeing into the future.

   • If her past is a crystal ball to her future, she will perhaps never be rich, even though she is a kind, hard-working person.
3. 3

   One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes.

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