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Meanings of water finder in English

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
Usage of water finder in English
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