The dowser used a dowsing rod to search for water.
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Dowser
//ˈdaʊzə//
Synonyms for "dowser" (20 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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39 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- rabdomant noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- rabdomàntic noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- rabdomàntica noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- saurí noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Dutch
1 entries- wichelroedeloper noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Finnish
1 entries- kaivonkatsoja noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
French
4 entries- baguettisant noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- baguettisante noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- radiesthésiste noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- rhabdomancien noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Galician
1 entries- rabdomante noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
German
4 entries- Rhabdomant noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- Rhabdomantin noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- Rutengänger noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- Rutengängerin noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Greek
1 entries- ραβδοσκόπος noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Ido
1 entries- hidroskopo noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Irish
2 entries- aimsitheoir uisce noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- collóir noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Italian
1 entries- rabdomante noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Latin
1 entries- aquilex noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Marathi
3 entries- जलशोधक noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- पानाडी noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- पानाड्या noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Polish
4 entries- radiesteta noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- radiestetka noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- różdżkarka noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- różdżkarz noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Portuguese
2 entries- rabdomante noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- vedor noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Spanish
2 entries- rabdomante noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
- zahorí noun (one who uses the dowser or divining rod)
Sample sentences
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Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum. He claimed to be able to locate nothing but water with his dowsing rod.
Source: wiktionary
The instrument a dowser uses is called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil), or divining rod. Almost any item can be used for this purpose: a birch twig, a whalebone, and even a hanger.
Source: wiktionary
Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.
Source: wiktionary
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