Dowser

Quick meaning: Dowser is a noun meaning A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.

Meaning

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.

More Meanings

1. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.

Example Sentences

Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.

Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum. He claimed to be able to locate nothing but water with his dowsing rod.

The instrument a dowser uses is called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil), or divining rod. Almost any item can be used for this purpose: a birch twig, a whalebone, and even a hanger.

Word Forms

• dowsers

Synonyms for dowser

Depending on context, synonyms include rhabdomantist, rhabdomancer, radiesthesist, waterfinder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waterfinder, dowsing, hydroscopist, doodlebug, dowst, doodlebugger.

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