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. 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. --Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott. 3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.