{f} search for water or minerals with a divining rod; soak; put out a fire, extinguish flames
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
1. If someone dowses for underground water, minerals, or some other substance, they search for it using a special rod. He said that dowsing for water is complete nonsense We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies. a dowsing rod. see also douse. To use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals. Variant of douse. to look for water or minerals under the ground using a special stick that points to where they are. another spelling of douse
The skill of divining for underground sources of water, items, objects or answers both practical and spiritual by means of a divining rod or an item such as the pendulum, or even by deviceless techniques
The ability to find underground water, oil, coal, minerals, archaeological sites, or lost or missing persons and objects using a divining rod or pendulum
A non-scientific method similar to water divining in which a dowser uses a simple instrument - typically a Y-shaped hazel twig, or a copper rod, or a coathanger - to detect and locate buried features such as wells and walls See Bosing
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
A form of divination using a forked rod or bent wire often used to find objects, people, or things A person holds the dowsing instrument and is "lead" around by it until the object is, allegedly, found
To use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals An act which, generally, a 'dowsing rod' or 'divining rod' is employed to locate subterranean water, ore, oil, etc or other concealed items by following the direction in which the rod turns in the users hand
A method of divination, most commonly using either a pendulum or dowsing rods, this technique can be used to find anything from a lost item of jewellery to an underground water source
Occult practice used for finding water, minerals, or other hidden substances. A dowser generally uses a Y-shaped piece of hazel, rowan, or willow wood (also called a dowser or a divining rod). The dowser grasps the rod by its two prongs and appears, while walking, to be receiving transmissions from beneath the earth. If the rod quivers violently or points downward, some buried substance has been located. First practiced in Europe during the Middle Ages, dowsing is most often used to find water but may also be employed to locate precious metals, buried treasure, archaeological remains, or even dead bodies
Searching for underground items, particularly water, using a dowsing rod held in the hands, which reacts by moving when the item is passed Rods include forked twigs, L-shaped strips of metal and more sophisticated tools with delicate balance Recently, energy dowsing has become popular, but is still generally regarded as unproven