Note: It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.
THAUMATURGE
Thau"ma*turge, n. Etym: [See Thaumaturgus.]
Defn: A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.
THAUMATURGIC; THAUMATURGICAL
Thau`ma*tur"gic, Thau`ma*tur"gic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton.
THAUMATURGICS
Thau`ma*tur"gics, n.
Defn: Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.
THAUMATURGIST
Thau`ma*tur"gist, n.
Defn: One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.
Carlyle.
THAUMATURGUS
Thau`ma*tur"gus, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr.