dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy
(noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; “souse water on his hot face”
douse, dowse
(verb) slacken; “douse a rope”
dowse
(verb) use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
douse, dowse
(verb) wet thoroughly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dowse (plural dowses)
A blow on the face.
dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)
(transitive) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
(transitive) To beat or thrash.
(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
• Swedo-, sowed
Source: Wiktionary
Dowse, v. t. Etym: [Cf. 1st Douse.]
1. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
2. Etym: [Cf. OD. doesen to strike, Norw. dusa to break.]
Definition: To beat or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Dowse, v. i.
Definition: To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells. Eng. Cyc.
Dowse, n.
Definition: A blow on the face. [Low] Colman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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