Dowsing

n. searching for underground water or minerals with a dowsing rod

v. search for water or minerals with a divining rod; soak; put out a fire, extinguish flames

Dowsing, sometimes called divining or water witching, refers to practices which some people claim enables them to detect hidden water, metals, gemstones or other objects, usually obstructed by land or sometimes located on a map. Most commonly, the movement or vibrations of apparatus, such as a Y-shaped twig, an L-shaped rod or a pendulum, is used in the practice. Some practitioners use no apparatus at all.
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Noun
1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
(synonym) dowse, rhabdomancy
(hypernym) divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
(derivation) dowse

Verb
1. put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
(synonym) put out
(hypernym) snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
2. wet thoroughly
(synonym) dowse
(hypernym) wet
3. dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
(synonym) dip, duck
(hypernym) dunk, dip, souse, plunge
4. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
(synonym) dunk, dip, souse, plunge
(hypernym) immerse, plunge
(hyponym) sop
(derivation) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
5. lower quickly; "douse a sail"
(hypernym) roll up, furl
6. slacken; "douse a rope"
(synonym) dowse
(hypernym) slacken, remit
7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
(synonym) drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) brine

Noun
1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
(synonym) dowsing, rhabdomancy
(hypernym) divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
Verb
1. wet thoroughly
(synonym) douse
(hypernym) wet
2. use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
(hypernym) divine
(derivation) dowsing, rhabdomancy
3. slacken; "douse a rope"
(synonym) douse
(hypernym) slacken, remit
4. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
(synonym) drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) brine

Purported means of gaining insight into the diagnosis and treatment of physical and emotional health problems (see "radiesthesia."). It encompasses forms of remote diagnosis: one involving a recent photograph of the subject, another a stand-in ("proxy") for the subject. Elementary dowsing tools include the forked branch (divining rod) and the pendulum. Dowsing's postulate is that human thoughts "transcend" human bodies, species, and spacetime as usually conceived.

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