Dowse
[daʊz]
Definition
(noun.) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
(verb.) use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal.
Checker: Max--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
(v. t.) To beat or thrash.
(v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
(n.) A blow on the face.
Checker: Reginald
Definition
v.i. to use the divining-rod.—n. Dows′er a water diviner.
v.t. and v.i. See Douse.
Inputed by Lennon
Examples
- DEAR SISTER, I wrote a few lines to you yesterday, but omitted to answer yours relating to sister Dowse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Dowsing, one of the pioneers of electric cooking, exhibited electric cookers and heaters at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exposition in London, was much interest manifested. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Olaf