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dowse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dowsing, rhabdomancy |
| Type of | divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying |
dowse::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | divine |
| Derivation | dowser, dowsing |
Examples of dowse
dowse
After smoking for three hours, remove, dowse with yellow mustard and brown sugar.
From the orlandosentinel.com
A fireman continues to dowse the burnt remains of a house in Ein Hod, Israel.
From the online.wsj.com
Dowse said Cabela's is concerned the rumors of high prices paid could be leading to poaching.
From the kansas.com
Spencer Powell learned to dowse for water more than 40 years ago.
From the latimes.com
Dowse served a variety of positions in the Kansas National Guard in a career that began in 1962.
From the kansas.com
Dowse wasn't booed off the pitch on Saturday.
From the kingstonguardian.co.uk
Few advertise, or dowse full time.
From the kansas.com
You wouldn't want to go to the bathroom and dowse yourself in perfume, either, because that could bother other passengers as much as Smelly Dude's B.O. bothers you.
From the abcnews.go.com
I've nearly finished what I need to get done, so should be safely tucked up in bed by about 1.30, but on the upside it dowse appear that our bowlers have decided to try and take some wickets today.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
- Douse: wet thoroughly
- Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
- Douse: slacken; "douse a rope"
- Drench: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
- (dowser) water witch: someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
- Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other objects and materials, as well as so-called currents of earth radiation (Ley lines), without the use of scientific apparatus. ...
- A blow on the face; To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse; To beat or thrash; To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc
- (dowsing) 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
