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Definition of Divining rod

1. Noun. Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil.

Definition of Divining rod

1. Noun. rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Divining Rod

Literary usage of Divining rod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"Mr. Parker, should Made that darker, Which was dark enough without; Mr. Bell, Spoke so well, The Chancellor said — I doubt.” 0. B. divining rod (VoL viii., ..."

2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"THE divining rod IN USA We have often heard of divining rods for water in this country; our cousins over the water go one better, and use divining rods for ..."

3. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"Pennant mentions that this was still employed and credited within his memory, ana was supposed, by having a sympathy Divining: Rod.—Not only the Chaldeans ..."

4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Divining-rod of the Malays appears to me to be the close counterpart of the ... One point that I wish to bring out in the case of the Divining-rod is that ..."

5. Cornwall: Its Mines and Miners ; with Sketches of Scenery ; Designed as a by John R. Leifchild (1855)
"The virgula, divinatoria, or divining rod, has 4>een in use, and often mentioned ... Would the usher of th rod find it a divining rod?] "The rod," says he, ..."

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