Definitions
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- noun The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
- verb Present participle of
dowse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
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Examples
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SOLOMON - Whether a person believes grave dowsing is just speculation or whether someone is a true believer, Ron Britt of Abilene is convinced that the method works.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Eagle of June 29, 2005: For him, grave dowsing is no myth
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Thweatt used written accounts, found objects and a method called dowsing to accumulate information about the towns.
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Kim is giving away two copies of Ghost Huntress Book 1: THE AWAKENING by Marley Gibson and one lucky winner will get a special "dowsing" pendant necklace with their book.
Mega Giveaway List of Books & More 07/15/09 Donna 2009
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Kim is giving away two copies of Ghost Huntress Book 1: THE AWAKENING by Marley Gibson and one lucky winner will get a special "dowsing" pendant necklace with their book.
Archive 2009-07-01 Donna 2009
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He’s generally friendly, but he does call the dowsing rod wielding Coraline a “water witch “.
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So many persons of undoubted integrity believe in 'dowsing' that he is a somewhat rash man who summarily dismisses the matter.
Style. 1908
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Another phase of psychic activity is that illustrated in "dowsing" or water-finding by means of the hazel fork.
Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance 1864-1929 Sepharial 1896
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The handheld device has no electronic components and is said to operate on the unproven, pseudoscientific "dowsing" principle used to search for water.
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The handheld device has no electronic components and is said to operate on the unproven, pseudoscientific "dowsing" principle used to search for water.
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