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ˈwater-witching, vbl. n. U.S.
[f. water-witch + -ing1.]
= water-finding vbl. n. Hence ˈwater-witch v. intr. rare (in quot. transf.).
1877H. Ruede Sod-House Days (1937) 196 Talking with Hoot about digging wells, etc., he told me about one new neighbor, Diegel, who has a firm faith in water witching. 1947R. Bedichek Adv. with Texas Naturalist x. 119, I followed for a short distance an immense sow..her nose barely skimming the sand, apparently searching for something. It turned out that she was water-witching..for presently she began rooting. Soon her..snout unearthed a spring of crystal-clear water. 1968S. E. Roberts Of Us & Oxen ii. 18 Several homesteaders..had had to dig a number of wells before striking water, even though these wells had been located by ‘water-witching’. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 11/1 One of our neighbors practiced the art of water witching. |