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DOWSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Synonyms:
dowse; dowsing; rhabdomancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dowsing" is a kind of...):
divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)
Derivation:
dowse (use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb dowse
