dowse
1Other definitions for dowse (2 of 2)
to search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
to search for (as water) by or as if by dowsing.
Origin of dowse
2Words that may be confused with dowse
- douse, dowse
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How to use dowse in a sentence
The divining, or "dowsing," rod of Dousterswivel still keeps its place in mining superstition and in the search for wells.
The Antiquary, Complete | Sir Walter ScottThe neighbouring village of Stetchworth (or Stretchworth) also suffered in Dowsing's visitation.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.It is remarkable that these should have escaped the specially thorough "purification" which Dowsing here describes.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.No serious inquirer into the mysteries of occultism should neglect to study the peculiar human faculty locally known as Dowsing.
Occultism and Common-Sense | Beckles WillsonStone on to stone, I skipped across a brook, dowsing one leg to the thigh in its bubbling water.
Memoirs of a Midget | Walter de la Mare
British Dictionary definitions for dowse (1 of 2)
/ (daʊs) /
a variant spelling of douse 1
Derived forms of dowse
- dowser, noun
British Dictionary definitions for dowse (2 of 2)
/ (daʊz) /
(intr) to search for underground water, minerals, etc, using a divining rod; divine
Origin of dowse
2Derived forms of dowse
- dowser, noun
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