dowsing

See also: Dowsing

English

Etymology

dowse +‎ -ing

Noun

dowsing (countable and uncountable, plural dowsings)

1. The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.

   Synonyms: divining, water divining, water witching

   Hyponym: doodlebugging

Derived terms

• dowsing rod

Translations

water-seeking practice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 探尋水源 / 探寻水源 (tànxún shuǐyuán), 尋水術 / 寻水术 (xúnshuǐshù)

• Czech: proutkaření n
• Danish: kvistgang c
• Finnish: kaivonkatsominen
• French: rhabdomancie (fr) f
• Galician: rabdomancia f
• German: Wünschelrutengehen n
• Greek: υδροσκοπία (el) f (ydroskopía)
• Hungarian: vesszővel/varázsvesszővel vizet/ásványt keres/kutat
• Italian: rabdomanzia (it) f
• Japanese: ダウジング (daujingu)
• Russian: лозоиска́тельство (ru) n (lozoiskátelʹstvo), лозохо́дство (ru) n (lozoxódstvo), биолока́ция (ru) f (biolokácija)

Verb

dowsing

1. present participle and gerund of dowse

Anagrams

• disgown