water-diviner

Taita moved on slowly, and by the way he was sweeping with his staff Nefer was reminded of a water-diviner at work.

Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

Like a water-diviner, he treads the desert with a homernade rod and shouts his triumph Mth every flicker of the instrument, leaving hardworking professional men to scratch the soil for evidence.

An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

I feel all right myself; but ev'ry time I talks about getting a shift on like, ole Doc gets busy with his water-diviner -- 'breathe in breathe out' -- and then he says,

The Tale of a Trooper 1930

There's no water there yet; but the most fun of all to-day was the water-diviner the old Gonzales brought.

The Guests Of Hercules M. Leone Bracker 1901

Motives and tendencies, the hidden forces that underlie action, were perceptible to her as are to the water-diviner the secret waters that bend and twist his hazel rod.

Mount Music Martin Ross 1888

At the Agricultural Show the water-diviner sits installed, surrounded by votive tablets picturing the springs discovered by his magic art; and County Councils quarrel with the auditors of local expenditure over sums paid for the successful employment of his mysterious gift.

The Naturalist on the Thames 1882