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Meanings of waterfinder in anglès

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

        Synonyms
        Examples for "dowser"
        Examples for "dowser"
        1
        She'd evidently had the dowser go over the list of twenty-two dominated planets.
        Talents, Incorporated
        2
        The instinct of an infallible dowser possessed him, and he made no mistakes.
        Three John Silence Stories
        3
        He swung his foot over the seventh tread like a dowser looking for water.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
        4
        I thought we'd at least end up with a dowser.
        The water room
        5
        But when you see him the dowser wand twitches.
        Junky
        1
        Stacy did so, whereupon the divining rod immediately ceased its peculiar actions.
        The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
        2
        Perhaps one good word may be said for the divining rod.
        Custom and Myth
        3
        Irony is scissors, a divining rod, always pointing in two directions.
        Fugitive pieces
        4
        I hold the angel sword in front of me like a divining rod.
        Angelfall
        5
        And ripped a divining rod from a nearby innocent fence.
        A singular man
        1
        She quickened her pace, stabbing ahead of her with the dowsing rod.
        Swan Song
        2
        Aaron saw Swan's dowsing rod lying in the snow and retrieved it.
        Swan Song
        3
        This is the best dowsing rod you could wish for, child!
        Swan Song
        4
        Lord Alvin reached over and took the dowsing rod from Imp.
        Swan Song
        5
        It can't be more than forty feet to the dowsing rod!
        Swan Song
        1
        Jemmy Mungaro was also a first-class bushman, and invaluable as a water finder.
        Explorations in Australia / 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Lei...
        2
        Guided by an instinct peculiar to the dwellers in mountain regions and water finders, he "smelt" the living spring through the rock.
        A Journey to the Centre of the Earth