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Definition of Dowser
1. Noun. Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water.
Generic synonyms: Diviner
Derivative terms: Dowse, Rhabdomancy
2. Noun. Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil.
Generic synonyms: Stick
Derivative terms: Dowse
Definition of Dowser
1. n. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
Definition of Dowser
1. Noun. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod. ¹
2. Noun. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dowser
1. one that dowses [n -S] - See also: dowses
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowser
Literary usage of Dowser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems on Several Occasions by Mary Barber (1735)
"... from the Blue-eyd Maid, Nor need you on the Graces call i Take Qualities
from * ^Donegal. * Counters dowser Donegal, Daughter to the l*t»Earl o/Granard. ..."
2. Fifty Years of a Showman's Life by Thomas Forder Plowman (1919)
"CHAPTER XIII The Divining Rod—John Mullins—Divining Methods—Conclusions arrived
at—Letter from a " dowser." ONE day in 1888, when on the business of the ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1898)
"dowsers; (2) blindfolding the dowser, or taking him out on a dark night; (3)
agreement between dowser and geological expert; (4) disagreement, when dowser ..."
4. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1890)
"dowser, 28 Gr. 478, was relied on by the defendant as a case on all fours with
the present. There one Camp had the legal estate, and had contracted to sell ..."
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