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dowse

1   [dous] verb (used with object), verb (used without object), dowsed, dows·ing, noun
douse.
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dowse

2   [douz] verb, dowsed, dows·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to search for underground supplies of water, metal, etc., by the use of a divining rod.
verb (used with object)
2.
to search for (as water) by or as if by dowsing.
Origin:
1685–95; orig. dial. (SW England); origin obscure
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dowse
1690s, a south England dialect word, of uncertain origin, said to have been introduced to Devon by German miners in Elizabethan times.
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