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Dictionary Results for dowse:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dowse
    n 1: searching for underground water or minerals by using a
         dowsing rod [syn: dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy]
    v 1: wet thoroughly [syn: douse, dowse]
    2: use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
    3: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: douse, dowse]
    4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
       face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
       souse]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dowse \Dowse\, v. t. [Cf. 1st Douse.]
   1. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
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   2. [Cf. OD. doesen to strike, Norw. dusa to break.] To beat
      or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dowse \Dowse\, v. i.
   To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water,
   ore, etc.
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         Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully
         for more than a hundred wells.           --Eng. Cyc.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dowse \Dowse\, n.
   A blow on the face. [Low] --Colman.
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