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Webster 1913 Edition
Dowse
1.
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
2.
[Cf. OD.
doesen
to strike, Norw. dusa
to break.] To beat or thrash.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Dowse
,Verb.
I.
To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Adams had the reputation of having
dowsed
successfully for more than a hundred wells. Eng. Cyc.
Dowse
,Noun.
A blow on the face.
[Low]
Colman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dowse
DOWSE
,Verb.
T.