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dowse
1[ dous ]
dowse
2[ douz ]
verb (used without object)
- to search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
verb (used with object)
- to search for (as water) by or as if by dowsing.
dowse
1/ daʊz /
verb
- intr to search for underground water, minerals, etc, using a divining rod; divine
dowse
2/ daʊs /
verb
- a variant spelling of douse 1
Derived Forms
- ˈdowser, noun
- ˈdowser, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of dowse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of dowse1
Example Sentences
The dowsing rods are handed to Grace who, like David, has been trying them for the first time.
In the 1990s Alistair Munro, who lives nearby, walked Mantle Walls several times with the dowsing rods he used for locating underground water sources.
It would just mean the E-Meter plays the same role in this Scientology sin-confession ritual that other divination tools — like pendulums and dowsing rods — play in absolution rituals of other traditions of belief.
Model colonists must have come to California with dowsing rods packed in their trunks, because job one was always securing water.
Under its new management, Guinness World Records began dowsing new revenue streams to supplement its book sales.
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