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dowsing

dowsing

English

Noun

dowsing ‎(uncountable)

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.

Translations

water seeking practice

Chinese:
Mandarin: 探尋水源, 探寻水源 (tànxún shuǐyuán), 尋水術, 寻水术 (xúnshuǐshù)
Finnish: kaivonkatsominen
French: rhabdomancie (fr) f
German: Wünschelrutengehen n

Greek: υδροσκοπία (el) f ‎(ydroskopía)
Japanese: ダウジング ‎(daujingu)
Russian: лозоиска́тельство (ru) n ‎(lozoiskátelʹstvo), лозохо́дство (ru) n ‎(lozoxódstvo), биолока́ция (ru) f ‎(biolokácija)

Synonyms

Hyponyms

doodlebugging

Verb

dowsing

present participle of dowse