dowser
/'dauzə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who uses a divining rod to locate underground water or minerals: A dowser is someone who practices dowsing, a method of searching for water, oil, or other substances beneath the earth's surface, typically using a forked stick or other tools believed to react when over the target.
- The tool used in dowsing; a divining rod: The term can also refer to the forked stick or rod itself, which is said to dip, twitch, or move when held over a hidden source.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Person):
- The farmer hired a dowser to find a good spot to dig a new well.
- Some dowsers claim they can also locate lost objects or archaeological sites.
- Noun (Tool):
- He cut a Y-shaped branch from the hazel tree to use as a dowser.
- The old dowser, made of copper wire, was passed down through generations.
Advanced Usage
- "Water dowser": Specifies a person who specifically searches for underground water.
- Before modern drilling equipment, a water dowser was a valuable member of the community.
- "To work as a dowser": Describes the profession or activity of dowsing.
- Despite scientific skepticism, he continues to work as a dowser.
Variants and Related Words
- Dowsing (n): The practice or skill of searching with a divining rod.
- Dowsing is considered a pseudoscience by many.
- To dowse (v): The act of searching for something using a divining rod.
- They went to dowse for water on the property.
Synonyms
- Diviner: A person who discovers or locates something, especially water, by occult or supernatural means.
- Water finder: A person who locates water.
- Rhabdomancer: A technical term for a person who practices dowsing with a rod.
Related Phrases
- Dowsing rod / Divining rod: The tool used by a dowser.
- She held the dowsing rod loosely as she walked across the field.
Noun
- forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
- someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water