dowse

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English[edit]

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  • IPA(key): /daʊs/
    • (file)

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dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

  1. Alternative form of douse (to plunge into water)

Etymology 2[edit]

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dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

  1. Alternative form of douse (to strike)

Noun[edit]

dowse (plural dowses)

  1. Alternative form of douse (strike)

Etymology 3[edit]

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

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dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

  1. (intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

dowse

  1. Alternative form of douce