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Definition of Dowsing rod

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

Definition of Dowsing rod

1. Noun. Alternative name for a divining rod ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowsing Rod

Literary usage of Dowsing rod

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

1. Underground Life, Or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin, Henry William Bristow (1869)
"The divining wand or dowsing rod.—The adepts.—The alchemists.—The Egyptian and Etruscan diviners. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1889)
"Why, you look almost as though you were a secret worshipper of the ' dowsing-rod ' yourself ! " Germaine, in genuine misery, balanced himself heavily on one ..."

3. The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal by John Henry Pepper (1861)
"... is marked by the sword in an old scabbard, resting against the tree with the wallet and cloak. Fig. 175. The ancient Use of the Divining or dowsing rod. ..."

4. A History of Plymouth by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (1873)
"In the course of these visits he first became acquainted with the supposed wonderful properties of the " Divining Rod," or '• dowsing rod," as it was called ..."

5. Observations on the West of England Mining Region: Being an Account of the by Joseph Henry Collins (1912)
"... or " dowsing " rod are other than delusive, although there are many scientific miners who think " there is something in it." In the year 1902 Messrs. ..."

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