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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of douse (“strike”). alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”). alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   Alternative form of douse (“to strike”). alt-of, alternative
3. 3
   To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. intransitive
4. 4
   cover with liquid; pour liquid onto wordnet
5. 5
   slacken wordnet

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6. 6
   use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal wordnet
7. 7
   wet thoroughly wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

dousebeatdashdousedowsingdrench

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of Duce.

Related phrases

dowsing roddivining rod

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