bone-pointing

bone-pointing
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
: the practice (as among Australian aboriginals) of pointing a sharpened bone at an enemy and uttering incantations conjuring his illness, disability, or death

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