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Dowse

//daʊs// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
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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  1. 6
    use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal wordnet
  2. 7
    wet thoroughly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of Duce.

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