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Dowser

noun
1.
Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water.  Synonyms: rhabdomancer, water witch.
2.
Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil.  Synonyms: divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder.





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"Dowser" Quotes from Famous Books



... divining rod an exploded superstition. Its efficacy in finding water, I reminded him, was now admitted by the most sceptical science, and I was able to inform him that a great American railway company paid a yearly salary to a "dowser" to guide it in the construction of new roads through a country where water was ...
— Pieces of Eight • Richard le Gallienne


Words linked to "Dowser" :   stick, diviner, dowse


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